AfterEffects

Open panel, viewer, and context menus

Panel menus provide commands relative to the active panel or frame. Viewer menus provide a list of compositions, layers, or footage items that can be shown in the viewer, as well as commands for closing items and locking the viewer. Context menus provide commands relative to the active tool or selected item.

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Triangle for opening viewer menu

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Triangle for opening panel menu

  • To open a panel menu, click the triangle in the upper-right corner of the panel.
  • To open a viewer menu, click the name of the active composition, layer, or footage item in the viewer tab.
  • To open a context menu, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS).