No indication of active keyframe #76595

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Luciano Muñoz Sessarego · 2020-05-09T21:12:59+02:00

2020-05-09 21:12:59 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 445.87

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.83 (sub 15), branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-08 14:49, hash: ce76e17584

Short description of error
There isnt a color distinguishing the actively selected keyframe which makes it really hard to understand what keyframe are you about to modify it's properties in the N panel

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
#76595-active-keyframe.blend

Open the attached blend file.
See that there is no visual difference between the active key and the other selected keys.

![Capture-Blender_ D__Dropbox_004_lollypopman_Rigify Course_SkinnyPeter_SkinnyPeter_004.b-2020-05-09 20_11_54.png

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 445.87 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.83 (sub 15), branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-08 14:49, hash: `ce76e17584` **Short description of error** There isnt a color distinguishing the actively selected keyframe which makes it really hard to understand what keyframe are you about to modify it's properties in the N panel **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** [#76595-active-keyframe.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8527704/T76595-active-keyframe.blend) * Open the attached blend file. * See that there is no visual difference between the active key and the other selected keys. ![Capture-Blender_ [D__Dropbox_004_lollypopman_Rigify Course_SkinnyPeter_SkinnyPeter_004.b-2020-05-09 20_11_54.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8523654/Capture-Blender___D__Dropbox_004_lollypopman_Rigify_Course_SkinnyPeter_SkinnyPeter_004.b-2020-05-09_20_11_54.png)

Luciano Muñoz Sessarego commented

2020-05-09 21:12:59 +02:00

Added subscriber: @LucianoMunoz

Luciano Muñoz Sessarego changed title from ~~No indication of active keyfra,e~~ to No indication of active keyframe

2020-05-09 21:13:08 +02:00

Sybren A. Stüvel was assigned by Luciano Muñoz Sessarego

2020-05-09 21:17:26 +02:00

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2020-05-11 11:32:48 +02:00

Marking this as a bug, as the Graph Editor theme settings do have a theme option for "Last Selected Point":

Marking this as a bug, as the Graph Editor theme settings do have a theme option for "Last Selected Point": ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8527707/image.png)

Sybren A. Stüvel removed their assignment 2020-05-11 11:33:22 +02:00

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2020-05-11 11:33:22 +02:00

Added subscriber: @dr.sybren

Hans Goudey commented

2020-05-13 23:10:51 +02:00

Added subscriber: @HooglyBoogly

Hans Goudey self-assigned this 2020-05-13 23:10:51 +02:00

Hans Goudey commented

2020-05-13 23:10:51 +02:00

In #76595#928629, @dr.sybren wrote:
Marking this as a bug, as the Graph Editor theme settings do have a theme option for "Last Selected Point":

It looks like it's actually the "first selected" point that's edited in the N-panel.

  /* find first selected keyframe for now, and call it the active one
   * - this is a reasonable assumption, given that whenever anyone
   *   wants to edit numerically, there is likely to only be 1 vert selected
   */

Apparently this isn't such a reasonable assumption! I can add an active point to Fcurves. And show that in the "Active Keyframe" panel.

> In #76595#928629, @dr.sybren wrote: > Marking this as a bug, as the Graph Editor theme settings do have a theme option for "Last Selected Point": It looks like it's actually the "first selected" point that's edited in the N-panel. ``` /* find first selected keyframe for now, and call it the active one * - this is a reasonable assumption, given that whenever anyone * wants to edit numerically, there is likely to only be 1 vert selected */ ``` Apparently this isn't such a reasonable assumption! I can add an active point to Fcurves. And show that in the "Active Keyframe" panel.

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2020-05-15 09:23:54 +02:00

Nice find. Weird implementation, as the active object is the last-selected, not the first-selected. Ah, checking the source, it's actuall the first, selected keyframe (so the one with the smallest frame number).
Also, gotta love those decade-old "for now" comments.

Nice find. Weird implementation, as the active object is the last-selected, not the first-selected. Ah, checking the source, it's actuall the first, selected keyframe (so the one with the smallest frame number). Also, gotta love those decade-old "for now" comments.

Luciano Muñoz Sessarego commented

2020-05-15 09:38:05 +02:00

we should probably standarize that to the rest of the selections to the last selected right?

Julian Eisel commented

2020-05-19 18:09:21 +02:00

Added subscriber: @JulianEisel

Julian Eisel commented

2020-05-19 18:09:21 +02:00

Setting this as ToDo, since there is no such thing as an active keyframe yet.
Last Selected Point is apparently an unused option.

Setting this as ToDo, since there is no such thing as an active keyframe yet. *Last Selected Point* is apparently an unused option.

Germano Cavalcante commented

2020-05-27 17:39:08 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

RedMser commented

2020-07-19 21:41:54 +02:00

Added subscriber: @RedMser

Pablo López Soriano commented

2020-08-24 15:20:56 +02:00

Added subscriber: @kednar

Pablo López Soriano commented

2020-08-24 15:20:56 +02:00

I wanted to add a finding: The "Active Keyframe" is not the last selected, but the keyframe closer to the beginning of the timeline.2020-08-21 12-21-40.mp4

I wanted to add a finding: The "Active Keyframe" is not the last selected, but the keyframe closer to the beginning of the timeline.[2020-08-21 12-21-40.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8808280/2020-08-21_12-21-40.mp4)

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2020-10-05 15:05:38 +02:00

I wanted to add a finding: The "Active Keyframe" is not the last selected, but the keyframe closer to the beginning of the timeline.

Yes, this is consistent with what was discussed in earlier comments.

> I wanted to add a finding: The "Active Keyframe" is not the last selected, but the keyframe closer to the beginning of the timeline. Yes, this is consistent with what was discussed in earlier comments.

Luciano Muñoz Sessarego commented

2020-10-05 15:52:56 +02:00

Did we not agree that the active keyframe should be the last selected?

blender-admin commented

2020-10-07 15:27:58 +02:00

This issue was referenced by 983ad4210b

This issue was referenced by 983ad4210b9e3dc6fe98553e686b213423e00fa1

Hans Goudey commented

2020-10-07 15:28:20 +02:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Hans Goudey closed this issue

2020-10-07 15:28:20 +02:00

Thomas Dinges added this to the 2.91 milestone 2023-02-08 16:21:42 +01:00

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No indication of active keyframe #76595