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PickWalk
Keymaps are assigned automatically when loading the add-on and are available in the 3D View, Outliner, Graph Editor and Dopesheet.
- The Ctrl key is used as a general modifier to access the pickwalking.
- The Shift key expands the current selection.
- The Alt key tries to find the same object on the opposite side of the hierarchy based on a side identifier.
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Ctrl + Up Arrow: Select parent
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Ctrl + Down Arrow: Select Child
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Ctrl + Right Arrow: Select Next Child Sibling
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Ctrl + Left Arrow: Select Previous Child Sibling
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Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Key: Keep the current selection and add the parent or child.
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Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Arrow: Select Opposite. When in mesh edit mode it cycles through the connected vertices.
The pickWalk keymaps conflict with the default key assignments for mission control in the system's preferences. You need to disable these in System Preferences > Mission Control and System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control.
The default side identifiers recognised are:
left/right, lft/rgt, lt/rt, lf/rg, l/r
Identifiers can be used as a prefix (i.e. left_), suffix (i.e. _left) or embedded (i.e. _left_).
Identifiers can also be written in just lowercase (i.e. left), only uppercase (i.e. LEFT) or capitalised (i.e. Left).
Identifier can either use underscore "_" or period "." separators.
Pickwalking can be used in edit mode for mesh and curve objects to navigate between vertices and curve points.
Mesh vertex navigation is based on the screen direction and therefore is influenced by the view direction. If a vertex cannnot be assigned to one of the four available directions it cannot be selected. This is the case when more than four vertices/edges are connected to one vertex.
To access all connected vertices of a vertex use Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Arrow to cycle between these.
When pickwalking between vertices of a set of extruded edges you can use Ctrl + Up/Right to select the next vertex and Ctrl + Down/Left to select the previous vertex.
When pickwalking between points of a curve you can use Ctrl + Up/Right to select the next vertex and Ctrl + Down/Left to select the previous vertex. When reaching the last/first point the selection wraps and the first/last point is selected respectively.