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inkyyz
Participant
January 2, 2018
Answered

Animate keeps selecting everything

  • January 2, 2018
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animate keeps selecting the whole frame when i go to a different frame and it's made it difficult and annoying for me to use and i can't find help anywhere.

i saw a poster who had the same problem as me and the answer was "click the frame numbers instead", an though that works, ive tried it and it is more difficult than just using it normally. please help.

Correct answer UDESCO

You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly jump across frames without selecting the contents on that frame.

, or . to move left or right by a single frame.

Alt + , or Alt + . to jump to previous or next keyframe.

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nielsbeekes
Participant
November 13, 2019

This is marked as a correct answer, however it is not. It's a work around. 

    HawkenKing
    HawkenKing
    Known Participant
    January 2, 2018

    If you select a symbol on the scene stage it will select all that frames in that layer, if you select a frame on the timeline it selects a frame, but not until you deselect that layer - if you click on a frame on that layer while the whole layer is selected, it'll just select all the frames in that layer again.

    It can be a bit frustrating, try to select something else before going back to your layer and selecting the frame you want.

    I think the intended functionality is that you can drag those frames, so clicking again only uses the drag function.

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    Rj11leven
    Participant
    July 27, 2020

    i dont understand 

    UDESCO
    Adobe Employee
    UDESCOCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    January 2, 2018

    You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly jump across frames without selecting the contents on that frame.

    , or . to move left or right by a single frame.

    Alt + , or Alt + . to jump to previous or next keyframe.

    BSB2018
    BSB2018
    Known Participant
    November 15, 2021

    As of Animate 2020 This no longer works. animate will select everything on the current frame randomly when tracking. Losing my mind trying to be productive with all these new issues! Not sure why im paying for this software, I should go back to CS6 ...

      Colin Holgate
      Colin Holgate
      Inspiring
      November 15, 2021

      I think that the proper answer to the original question may be that the timeline options have a span based selection option. If that is checked, clicking a single cell will select the whole range, from the previous keyframe to just before the next keyframe. See whether you have that selected. 

       

       

       

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