bq_Project Panel Navigator

A compact toolbar to quickly navigate & edit Project Panel items.
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Description

Ever feel like AE's Project Panel is a little clunky to navigate? Then this tool is for you!

Quickly navigate and edit items in the project panel with ease. Customize the toolbar to your liking.

Jump to Parent Folder Jump to Parent Folder

- Click to jump to parent folder of selected item
- Shift+Click
to jump to first item in project
- Shift+Click
with 1st item selected to jump to last item

Select Folder Contents Select Folder Contents

- Click to select contents of selected folder
- Shift+Click to also select contents of sub-folders
- Alt+Click to deselect all project panel items

Previous Folder Jump to Previous Folder

- Click to jump to previous folder on same level
- Shift+Click to jump to previous folder on any level

Next Folder Jump to Next Folder

- Click to jump to next folder on same level
- Shift+Click to jump to next folder on any level

Select All Folders Select All Folders

- Click to select all folders at current level
- Shift+Click to select all folders at root level
- Shift+Alt+Click to select all folders project-wide
- Alt+Click to deselect all project panel items

Select All Comps Select All Comps

- Click to select all comps at current level
- Shift+Click to select all comps in selected folder
- Shift+Alt+Click to select all comps project-wide
- Alt+Click to deselect all project panel items

New Folder With Selected Items New Folder with Selected Items

- Click to create a new folder & move selected items into it

Smart Paste "Smart Paste"

- Click to paste copied item(s) to selected folder or current level
- Shift+Click to always paste to current level, even if folder is selected
- Alt+Click to remove # AE adds to end of name (e.g. "2")
(Note: if item name already ends in #, this can trim part of the name)

Batch Rename Batch Rename Items

- Click to launch batch rename utility
- Search & Replace or add Prefix/Suffix

Batch Edit Comments Batch Edit Comments

- Click to edit comments for all selected items at once
- Shift+Click to edit comments for each selected item in succession

Help / Settings Help / Settings

- Click to launch help/settings menu
- Shift+Click to toggle button size


New in 1.5

- Panel orientation (row/column) automatically changes based on size

- Fixed issue with preferences not saving between sessions

- Streamlined code for faster processing


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Version History

1.5 -

Apr 8, 2016

- Automatically switches orientation (row/column) based on size

- Preferences issue fixed

- Faster processing

1.0 -

Apr 18, 2015

Initial release

Compatibility

After Effects

CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5