In Graph Editor: Is it possible to not show handles while dragging keyframes?

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I find it extremely annoying to see handles while dragging keyframes in the Graph Editor, because I can hardly see where keyframes land.

Is there a way to only/better see keyframes while dragging?

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just uncheck show handles

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Thanks! However I want to be able to adjust handles on selected keyframes.

Toggling that setting each time I drag keyframes is less than ideal (unworkable). So I was wondering if they can be invisible during keyframe-drag somehow.

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You could just press CTRL-TAB to swap between dope sheet (which doesn’t have handles) and the Graph Editor (which does have handles).

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Thanks! I’ve amended my original question to be restricted to Graph Editor.

Both answers above solves part of my goal by showing keys without handles. But my main issue is that I don’t want to change editors while working in the Graph Editor, since it’s made for editing keys and F-curves. I thought there might be some way to turn off handles while moving keys. I mean, the feature is already there (Show Handles), but I wanted a momentary feature that activates only on dragging (menus, custom keys or switching editors are all time sinks). But the feature might not exist?

If it doesn’t, I might post a request on Right-Click Select since this is a crucial one … Unless I’m the only one thinking its extremely difficult to discern keys from handles in Graph Ed?

Another thought: hmm, maybe there’s theme support for separate the colors of keys and handles?

EDIT: Of course the trick was right in front of my nose! Just go into Preferences > Themes and change Vertex Select (which is the term for “selected key”) and Handle Vertex Select to different colors. I don’t think they should have same colors in the default theme, but oh well.

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