Stupid question: Is there a keyboard shortcut for moving through the timeline?

Stupid question: Is there a keyboard shortcut for moving through the timeline?

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Stupid question: Is there a keyboard shortcut for moving through the timeline?

Anonymous
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I use the timeline a lot.

 

Like, a lot

 

It would be super handy to have a way to move back and forth through the timeline without having to click the navigation buttons. Is there way to do this with the keyboard?

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Message 21 of 33

heitz_pascal
Participant
Participant

Cant believe this is still not there 😕

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Message 22 of 33

rangorino
Contributor
Contributor

Forgot to put this here when I found it, but there's a really nice implementation of this now, with the extension "Any Shortcut".

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heitz_pascal
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Participant
Wow, this is amazing, thanks a lot! 🙂
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Message 24 of 33

marcopolo.prudhomme
Observer
Observer

+1 NEED BETTER HOTKEYS 

 

COMON AUTODESK this is an old thread! Free Software have more customizable hotkeys than this expensive piece of software. 

I should be able to just ctrl+arrow key to navigate the timeline. How frigg'n hard can that be to implement.

Customizable hotkeys for EVERYTHING is what we need.

 

For exemple, every operation involves clicking on faces/lines/bodies/comp. and then bringing your mouse aaaaaaaall the way to the right just to click on the next thing you need to select then come aaaaaaaaaaaall the way back and select the next things.

 

Do you realize how big some of our screens are? Why can't I just hit TAB and then select the next objects for the operation. 

 

It feels like fusion 360 was designed for 90 year old retired engineers that type with one finger and do everything with their mouse.

 

Anyway, rant over, workflow in Fusion sucks. Feels like a rip off honestly. Great software though!

 

 

EDIT: I just realized someone found an extension for this. Saweeeet! My rant still applies though, Fusion team. This is a core functionality that users should absolutely NOT need to go out and find an extension for.

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m_conception
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

+1

Message 26 of 33

rooshio
Explorer
Explorer

I created a workaround solution for this using an AutoHotKey script. Take a cropped screenshot of the back button on the timeline and save it as a .png file. I assigned this keyboard shortcut to my spacemouse and it works great. 

 

; Define hotkeys
^+,:: ; Ctrl + Shift + <
       {
 
MouseGetPos,OriginalMouseX,OriginalMouseY       
; Record the original mouse position
        ;OriginalMouseX := A_MouseX
        ;OriginalMouseY := A_MouseY
        ; Search for the TL image
        ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, A_ScreenWidth, A_ScreenHeight, C:\Users\Josh\Dropbox\AutoHotKey\Files referenced in script\F360_TL.png
        
        ; If the image is found, click on it and return to the original mouse position
        if ErrorLevel = 0
        {
            MouseClick, left, %FoundX%, %FoundY%
            MouseMove, %OriginalMouseX%, %OriginalMouseY%
        }
        else
        {
            MsgBox, Image not found!
        }
    }
return
 
 
^+.:: ; Ctrl + Shift + >
{
    MouseGetPos, OriginalMouseX, OriginalMouseY       
    ; Record the original mouse position
 
    ; Search for the TL image
    ImageSearch, FoundX, FoundY, 0, 0, A_ScreenWidth, A_ScreenHeight, C:\Users\Josh\Dropbox\AutoHotKey\Files referenced in script\F360_TL.png
        FoundX:=FoundX+91
    ; If the image is found, click 91 pixels to the right and return to the original mouse position
    if ErrorLevel = 0
    {
        MouseClick, left, %FoundX%, %FoundY%
MouseMove, %OriginalMouseX%, %OriginalMouseY%
    }
    else
    {
        MsgBox, Image not found!
    }
}
return
 
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Message 27 of 33

rooshio
Explorer
Explorer

+1 on the TAB functionality

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Message 28 of 33

jgivans5NN6C
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

+1

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Message 29 of 33

asbissonnette
Contributor
Contributor

8 years later and still no shortcut to move around the timeline? So many basic functionalities missing that make Fusion an extremely slow program to use (at least for me). As a newer user (2yrs) I'm really shocked at how non-responsive Autodesk is towards even the most basic quality of life feature requests, especially considering how Fusion is now a "Flagship" program - at least the pricing suggests this... Was there even a major update/upgrade that came with the massive yearly price gouge at beginning of year?

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HobbyBuilt
Explorer
Explorer

+1 make this happen already Autodesk!! You are cranking out minor updates literally every day anyway.

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Message 31 of 33

azcohen
Explorer
Explorer

Also here wondering why such an obvious useful feature doesn't exist.

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crkufreak10
Explorer
Explorer

+1

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Message 33 of 33

jonas_kello
Explorer
Explorer

+1

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