Feature Request: Smooth Frame-by-Frame Navigation with Onion Skinning and Auto-Keyframe Creation

Hello Adobe Animate Team,

Thank you for the continuous improvements to Animate!

I’d like to suggest a feature to speed up the frame-by-frame animation workflow. When pressing the “next frame” key (right arrow or >), it would be great if Animate simply moved the playhead forward on the timeline, even if there is no keyframe there, while still showing the previous frame via onion skinning.

This way, animators can freely move forward and see the previous drawing without needing to manually add or delete keyframes. Then, once the animator starts drawing on that frame, a keyframe is automatically created because auto-keyframe is activated.

This small change would keep the creative flow smooth and uninterrupted, making traditional animation much faster inside Animate.

Thanks for considering this!