Class ClipAction

Base class for a clip action. Inherit from this class to make an action that would react on selected clips after a menu click and/or a key shortcut.

Inheritance

object

ClipAction

Inherited Members

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: UnityEditor.Timeline.Actions

Assembly: solution.dll

Syntax

[ActiveInMode(TimelineModes.Default)]
public abstract class ClipAction

Remarks

To add an action as a menu item in the Timeline context menu, add MenuEntryAttribute on the action class. To make an action to react to a shortcut, use the Shortcut Manager API with TimelineShortcutAttribute. ShortcutAttribute

Examples

Simple Clip Action example (with context menu and shortcut support).

[MenuEntry("Custom Actions/Sample clip Action")]
public class SampleClipAction : ClipAction
{
    public override ActionValidity Validate(IEnumerable<TimelineClip> clip)
    {
        return ActionValidity.Valid;
    }

    public override bool Execute(IEnumerable<TimelineClip> items)
    {
        Debug.Log("Test Action");
        return true;
    }

    [TimelineShortcut("SampleClipAction", KeyCode.K)]
    public static void HandleShortCut(ShortcutArguments args)
    {
        Invoker.InvokeWithSelectedClips<SampleClipAction>();
    }
}

Methods

Name	Description
Execute(IEnumerable<TimelineClip>)	Execute the action based on clips.
Validate(IEnumerable<TimelineClip>)	Defines the validity of an Action for a given set of clips.