Action Operators

bpy.ops.action.clean(threshold=0.001)

Simplify F-Curves by removing closely spaced keyframes

Parameters:threshold (float in [0, inf], (optional)) – Threshold

bpy.ops.action.clickselect(extend=False, column=False)

Select keyframes by clicking on them

Parameters:

• extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend Select
• column (boolean, (optional)) – Column Select

bpy.ops.action.copy()

Copy selected keyframes to the copy/paste buffer

bpy.ops.action.delete()

Remove all selected keyframes

bpy.ops.action.duplicate()

Make a copy of all selected keyframes

bpy.ops.action.duplicate_move(ACTION_OT_duplicate=None, TRANSFORM_OT_transform=None)

Make a copy of all selected keyframes and move them

Parameters:

• ACTION_OT_duplicate (ACTION_OT_duplicate, (optional)) – Duplicate Keyframes, Make a copy of all selected keyframes
• TRANSFORM_OT_transform (TRANSFORM_OT_transform, (optional)) – Transform, Transform selected items by mode type

bpy.ops.action.extrapolation_type(type='CONSTANT')

Set extrapolation mode for selected F-Curves

Parameters:type (enum in [‘CONSTANT’, ‘LINEAR’, ‘MAKE_CYCLIC’, ‘CLEAR_CYCLIC’], (optional)) –

Type

• CONSTANT Constant Extrapolation.
• LINEAR Linear Extrapolation.
• MAKE_CYCLIC Make Cyclic (F-Modifier), Add Cycles F-Modifier if one doesn’t exist already.
• CLEAR_CYCLIC Clear Cyclic (F-Modifier), Remove Cycles F-Modifier if not needed anymore.

bpy.ops.action.frame_jump()

Set the current frame to the average frame of the selected keyframes

bpy.ops.action.handle_type(type='FREE')

Set type of handle for selected keyframes

Parameters:type (enum in [‘FREE’, ‘VECTOR’, ‘ALIGNED’, ‘AUTO’, ‘AUTO_CLAMPED’], (optional)) –

Type

• FREE Free.
• VECTOR Vector.
• ALIGNED Aligned.
• AUTO Automatic.
• AUTO_CLAMPED Auto Clamped, Auto handles clamped to not overshoot.

bpy.ops.action.interpolation_type(type='CONSTANT')

Set interpolation mode for the F-Curve segments starting from the selected keyframes

Parameters:type (enum in [‘CONSTANT’, ‘LINEAR’, ‘BEZIER’], (optional)) – Type

bpy.ops.action.keyframe_insert(type='ALL')

Insert keyframes for the specified channels

Parameters:type (enum in [‘ALL’, ‘SEL’, ‘GROUP’], (optional)) – Type

bpy.ops.action.keyframe_type(type='KEYFRAME')

Set type of keyframe for the selected keyframes

Parameters:type (enum in [‘KEYFRAME’, ‘BREAKDOWN’, ‘EXTREME’, ‘JITTER’], (optional)) – Type

bpy.ops.action.markers_make_local()

Move selected scene markers to the active Action as local ‘pose’ markers

bpy.ops.action.mirror(type='CFRA')

Flip selected keyframes over the selected mirror line

Parameters:type (enum in [‘CFRA’, ‘XAXIS’, ‘MARKER’], (optional)) – Type

bpy.ops.action.new()

Create new action

bpy.ops.action.paste(offset='START', merge='MIX')

Paste keyframes from copy/paste buffer for the selected channels, starting on the current frame

Parameters:

• offset (enum in [‘START’, ‘END’, ‘RELATIVE’, ‘NONE’], (optional)) –

  Offset, Paste time offset of keys

  • START Frame Start, Paste keys starting at current frame.
  • END Frame End, Paste keys ending at current frame.
  • RELATIVE Frame Relative, Paste keys relative to the current frame when copying.
  • NONE No Offset, Paste keys from original time.
• merge (enum in [‘MIX’, ‘OVER_ALL’, ‘OVER_RANGE’, ‘OVER_RANGE_ALL’], (optional)) –

  Type, Method of merging pasted keys and existing

  • MIX Mix, Overlay existing with new keys.
  • OVER_ALL Overwrite All, Replace all keys.
  • OVER_RANGE Overwrite Range, Overwrite keys in pasted range.
  • OVER_RANGE_ALL Overwrite Entire Range, Overwrite keys in pasted range, using the range of all copied keys.

bpy.ops.action.previewrange_set()

Set Preview Range based on extents of selected Keyframes

bpy.ops.action.sample()

Add keyframes on every frame between the selected keyframes

bpy.ops.action.select_all_toggle(invert=False)

Toggle selection of all keyframes

Parameters:invert (boolean, (optional)) – Invert

bpy.ops.action.select_border(gesture_mode=0, xmin=0, xmax=0, ymin=0, ymax=0, extend=True, axis_range=False)

Select all keyframes within the specified region

Parameters:

• gesture_mode (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Gesture Mode
• xmin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Min
• xmax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Max
• ymin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Min
• ymax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Max
• extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection instead of deselecting everything first
• axis_range (boolean, (optional)) – Axis Range

bpy.ops.action.select_column(mode='KEYS')

Select all keyframes on the specified frame(s)

Parameters:mode (enum in [‘KEYS’, ‘CFRA’, ‘MARKERS_COLUMN’, ‘MARKERS_BETWEEN’], (optional)) – Mode

bpy.ops.action.select_leftright(mode='CHECK', extend=False)

Select keyframes to the left or the right of the current frame

Parameters:

• mode (enum in [‘CHECK’, ‘LEFT’, ‘RIGHT’], (optional)) – Mode
• extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend Select

bpy.ops.action.select_less()

Deselect keyframes on ends of selection islands

bpy.ops.action.select_linked()

Select keyframes occurring in the same F-Curves as selected ones

bpy.ops.action.select_more()

Select keyframes beside already selected ones

bpy.ops.action.snap(type='CFRA')

Snap selected keyframes to the times specified

Parameters:type (enum in [‘CFRA’, ‘NEAREST_FRAME’, ‘NEAREST_SECOND’, ‘NEAREST_MARKER’], (optional)) – Type

bpy.ops.action.view_all()

Reset viewable area to show full keyframe range

bpy.ops.action.view_selected()

Reset viewable area to show selected keyframes range