Here is a list of useful, but potentially obscure mouse commands for the Animator program. These may come in handy when producing your artifact.
For the curve names subwindow:
SHIFT + CLICK: Selects consecutive curves for simultaneous displayCTRL + CLICK: Selects arbitrary curves for simultaneous displayFor the curve subwindow:
CTRL + LEFT MOUSE: Selects a curve when more than one curve is displayed.LEFT MOUSE: Adds a control point (click on empty space) or moves an existing control point.SHIFT + LEFT MOUSE: Removes a control pointALT + LEFT MOUSE: Selects all control points in a rectangular region. Once multiple points have been selected, they can be moved en masse. This also selects multiple points from different curves if the curves are being displayed simultaneously.RIGHT MOUSE: Zooms in X and Y dimensions. Move vertically to zoom in the vertical axis, etc.CTRL + RIGHT MOUSE: Zooms into a rectangular regionSHIFT + RIGHT MOUSE: Pans the viewed region. Move vertically to scroll in the vertical direction, etc.Also, if you are using the departmental Linux machines, ALT + LEFT MOUSE is captured by the windowing system so that animator never sees it, which is annoying. To fix this, open up graphwidget.cpp and search for “FL_ALT.” There should be 3 instances. Replace all 3 instances with one of the following:
FL_CAPS_LOCKFL_NUM_LOCKFL_SCROLL_LOCKALT. The key you pick will work as a toggle rather than as a hold-and-drag key since they are all members of the “lock” family. It's kind of ugly, but on the other hand it's a quick and simple and comprehensive fix.