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June 16, 2021
Question

Accidental keyboard shortcut: playhead now plagued with brackets

  • June 16, 2021
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Hello All,

 

Silly question, but I accidentally pressed something and now my playhead is swarmed with annoying brackets. I have no idea how to describe or Google this, so I am attaching a screenshot. How do I get rid of all these brackets?

 

Related: I would love to see a"keyboard shortcut history" feature for exactly this type of problem. Anyone know if that exists?

 

Thanks!

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Community Expert
June 17, 2021

Those icons show up when a property that can be keyframed is visible in the timeline. Close the Transform Panel and have no keyframes for any transform property and the indicators go away.

nishu_kush
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 17, 2021

Hi dlatzen,

 

Thanks for writing in.

This is not by accident but by default. These brackets would appear on all the layer properties that don't have a key and I couldn't find an option to turn it off.

I liked your suggestion though. Feel free to share it on the After Effects UserVoice: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects

Let us know if there are any other questions.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

dlatzenAuthor
Participating Frequently
June 17, 2021

Thanks Nishu, I appreciate it! I guess the massive number of them on this project stood out. I will post the feature suggestion over on the forum. Have a great week!