From cf65c18817831618cfc0095514af9f4b60eb7ee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Se=CC=81bastien=20Dunne=20Fulmer?= <createdbyseb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 21:32:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-select sole AnimationPlayer on panel open

---
 .../animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp        | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../animation_player_editor_plugin.h          |  1 +
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
index 38ee401931..91324a2249 100644
--- a/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@
 
 ///////////////////////////////////
 
+void AnimationPlayerEditor::_find_player() {
+	if (!is_visible() || player) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	Node *edited_scene = EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_edited_scene();
+
+	if (!edited_scene) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	TypedArray<Node> players = edited_scene->find_children("", "AnimationPlayer");
+
+	if (players.size() == 1) {
+		plugin->edit(players.front());
+	}
+}
+
 void AnimationPlayerEditor::_node_removed(Node *p_node) {
 	if (player && original_node == p_node) {
 		if (is_dummy) {
@@ -130,6 +148,8 @@ void AnimationPlayerEditor::_notification(int p_what) {
 
 			get_tree()->connect(SNAME("node_removed"), callable_mp(this, &AnimationPlayerEditor::_node_removed));
 
+			EditorNode::get_singleton()->connect("scene_changed", callable_mp(this, &AnimationPlayerEditor::_find_player));
+
 			add_theme_style_override(SceneStringName(panel), EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_editor_theme()->get_stylebox(SceneStringName(panel), SNAME("Panel")));
 		} break;
 
@@ -190,6 +210,7 @@ void AnimationPlayerEditor::_notification(int p_what) {
 		} break;
 
 		case NOTIFICATION_VISIBILITY_CHANGED: {
+			_find_player();
 			_ensure_dummy_player();
 		} break;
 	}
diff --git a/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.h b/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.h
index cbf8ee9deb..7ebc3f276a 100644
--- a/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.h
+++ b/editor/animation/animation_player_editor_plugin.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class AnimationPlayerEditor : public VBoxContainer {
 protected:
 	void _notification(int p_what);
 	void _node_removed(Node *p_node);
+	void _find_player();
 	static void _bind_methods();
 
 public: