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480Motion User Guide
Add a widget and assign a parameter in a single step
As an alternative to creating a widget using the buttons in the Rig Inspector, you can create
a rig and a widget and then apply a parameter to the widget in a single step.
In Motion, do one of the following:
• In the Inspector, click a parameter’s Animation menu (the down arrow that appears
when you position the pointer over the right side of a parameter row), choose Add To
Rig, choose a rig, then choose a widget type from the submenu.
• Drag a parameter row from any Inspector pane to a rig object in the Layers list.
Dropping the parameter row immediately on the rig object creates a slider widget.
Pausing briefly causes a drop menu to appear, allowing you to select the widget type
you want to create.
A new widget appears in the Layers list, under its parent rig. In the Widget Inspector, the
parameter you chose appears under the Edit Mode button, ready for snapshot assignment.
See Create and manage snapshots in Motion and Control rigs from Animation menus in
Motion.
Reorder widgets in a rig
• In the Layers list in Motion, drag the widgets into the order you want them to appear.
Rename a widget
By default, each widget is named according to its type (“Checkbox,” for example). However,
you can assign a custom name to identify the settings the widget will affect.
• In Motion, double-click the widget name in the Layers list, enter a new name, then
press Return.
Widget names cannot be changed in the Rig Inspector or Widget Inspector.
Note: If the widget has been published, the name change does not carry through to
the published parameter. To synchronize names, rename the widget manually in the
Publishing pane of the Project Inspector, or unpublish and republish the newly named
widget.
Move a widget to another rig
If there are multiple rigs in a project, widgets can be moved easily between the different rigs.
• In the Layers list in Motion, drag the widget you want move onto another rig.