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Insert Keys Tool in Maya 2017 Graph Editor

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Insert Keys Tool in Maya 2017 Graph Editor

Anonymous
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Just a small annoyance in the new 2017, but here goes.

In the previous Maya versions you could hold down "i" in Graph Editor and middle click on a selected curve to insert keys and once you released the key, your tool would go back to the previous tool you had selected (usually move tool). I used this function pretty much constantly. The feature seems to be removed from 2017 and the only similar way I could figure out doing this was to map the Insert Keys Tool for "i". Not quite the same though, since it's a toggle and not the temporary tool. Is there any way of getting the old functionality back?

 

Thanks for help and cheers for the dev team for briging us lots of fine new stuff!

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andrewsilke
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Looks like it's under

 

Hotkey Editor > Other Items > Tools >  Insert Key Tool Activate    (i)  

Hotkey Editor > Other Items > Tools >  Insert Key Tool Deactivate (i release)

 

But even after removing the other `i` assignments I can't get it to work, it's like Maya has told the graph editor to ignore the hotkey `i` !!  What are you doing Maya?

 

The mel works...

 

    storeLastAction( "restoreLastContext " + `currentCtx` );setToolTo insertKeySuperContext

 

and release should be 

 

    invokeLastAction

 

But mapping it back to `i` no luck. 

 

Yes please return this, it's been changed to "always show tangents"  this is just crazy as every Maya animator will be hitting this key out of habit!!!  No wonder my tangent handles are turning on.  (face palm)

 

btw you can switch them off with the hotkey `p` which is

 

    Graph Editor > View > Tangents >  On Active Keys

 

 

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Anonymous
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Same issue here, it looks like a bug not a feature change.  I noticed that the "i" shortcut only works when my mouse is hovering over the viewport.  It doesn't work when the mouse is over the Graph Editor, or other panels.

 

If you float the Graph Editor and press "i" while the mouse is hovering over the viewport, you can see the Insert Key Tool button highlighting in the Graph Editor. 

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