Why does double-click not key the rotation of a bone anymore?

[Mejin]

Hello,

I came to a bug (?)/problem – normally you could key a selected bone with double-click.
Now it does work for the translation, but not for the rotatin. It just does not key the bone.
Does anyone know why and how I can solve this problem?

All the best
Mejin

[Greenlaw]

To keyframe the rotation of a bone in Moho 14.2, press and hold Ctrl while clicking. You can actually click anywhere (even outside of the bone) so long as the bone is highlighted and you're holding down Ctrl. This was changed to prevent conflict with other new Transform Bone Tool behaviors. (There's probably more about this in a new features video at the Moho Animation Software channel.)

To a bone's keyframe Position, click the dot at the base, and to keyframe length, click on the dot at the tip. (Holding Ctrl for these two is unnecessary.)

[Mejin]

Oh! Thanks, I should probably spend more time on the "This is new" video. I only scrubbed through it at the time of release.

[martin_mrt]

If im not mistaken the Position works with holding down [Alt]

[SimplSam]

Does anyone know why and how I can solve this problem?

Strictly speaking, I don't think there was ever a double-click option for setting the Bone keyframe. It was a single-click, but double-clicking did the same thing (twice - I guess).

If you are desperate for the 'old' functionality - there are 2 possible routes (neither of which are 'official' or 'supported' fixes):

1. Continue using the old 14.1 Transform Bone tool (! You will lose the new bone transform features introduced in 14.2):
   Copy 14.1 <moho application path>\Resources\Support\Scripts\Tool\lm_transform_bone.lua / .png to <custom script folder>\scripts\tool\
   _
2. Update/hack the new 14.2 Transform Bone tool:
   Copy 14.2 <moho application path>\Resources\Support\Scripts\Tool\lm_transform_bone.lua / .png to <custom script folder>\scripts\tool\
   Text Edit <custom script folder>\scripts\tool\lm_transform_bone.lua and replace:

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   if (mouseEvent.ctrlKey) then

   with:

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   if (mouseEvent.ctrlKey) or (mouseEvent.doubleClick) then 

   - Save

- Restart Moho.

Personally, I went for the 2nd option - as I too wanted the 'double click' keyframe feature, but also the new no-keyframe functionality.

[Mejin]

Long time passed – thanks! I think I missed your answer in 2024, but wanted to say thanks!

[Greenlaw]

Yes, I just re-read the above, and after all this time, now I'M confused.

I rely on muscle memory, and don't think about it much while I'm working, so I reviewed my actions to understand what I'm actually doing. Here's what I found...

It's not really double-click, rather the first click selects the bone, and the second click (depending on where you click) keyframes it.

After selecting the bone...

...clicking on the base dot keyframes its position.
...clicking the tip keyframes the length.
...Ctrl-clicking anywhere near or on the bone keyframes the rotation. (I believe it used to be that clicking anywhere in the middle would keyframe the rotation, but this behavior was changed in Moho 14 as described earlier.)

To keyframe all the channels in the selected Bone(s), use the Freeze Selected Bones command. Note that there is no native shortcut for this command, so you'll need to add it in Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. (I use Alt-F for consistency with Freeze Visible's Ctrl-F).

Okay, now I get it.

[Mejin]

Ahhh, I see! I'll look into that. Thanks!