maya hotkeys for playback

[audim]

The standard hotkeys in Maya for playback are not the best.

alt + v playback toggle
alt + V rewind
alt + . next frame
alt + , previous frame

But you can change these hotkeys in the hotkey editor under "Playback Controls".

[tauf]

Originally posted by audim
The standard hotkeys in Maya for playback are not the best.

alt + v playback toggle
alt + V rewind
alt + . next frame
alt + , previous frame

But you can change these hotkeys in the hotkey editor under "Playback Controls".

Cool, thanks Audim. I was trying to get Maya to recognize the UP/LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys in the hotkey manager but it wasn't working. Maybe those are Maya reserved keys.

[Phearielord]

you can set the arrow keys as hotkeys.
that's what i use it for to jump frames.

in the text box where you enter the letter you want, there should be a little arrow on the right.
if you click on that you'll have a bunch of options there, like arrows, space, etc

hope that helps :)

[misterdi]

I'm suggesting not to use arrow key as playback control hot keys.

Arrow keys by default is a hot keys for pickWalk direction.

Also with Alt+arrow keys you do camera panning as in Photoshop.

[chrisdejoya]

Also, I find this particularly helpful. Holding down 'k' and LMB-dragging the mouse left and right scrubs through the animation. Using the MMB lets you drag to a frame without updating the viewport.

[tauf]

Originally posted by Phearielord
you can set the arrow keys as hotkeys.
that's what i use it for to just frames.

in the text box where you enter the letter you want, there should be a little arrow on the right.
if you click on that you'll have a bunch of options there, like arrows, space, etc

hope that helps :)

Thanks Phearielord. I must be getting weary to have missed both of these things in the hotkey editor.

The hotkey assignment still leaves some things to be desired, such as holding keys (like a "repeat while keydown" function), as well as being able to assign the UP arrow to two functions as a playforward and playback toggle, but I suppose these issues are a minor inconveinence.

Snowfly, the k+MMB scrub is quite cool. I didn't know about that. I'm using dynamics quite a bit, so I'd have to cache to be able to use that a lot, but it is good to know none the less.

Misterdi, some good advice. I might be needing to change or reassign my hotkeys back at some point.

[gaggle]

You can script your way out of the limitations you mention, though I can offer no practical examples. If you can get a melscript to switch between playforward and playback toggle, you can assign that script to the uparrow.

come to think of it I guess it's rather obvious that MEL scripting can solve it, as pretty much anything can be scripted. So uh.. yeah, sorry about the obviousness

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