# Effects tab defaults to action - feature or bug?

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/effects-tab-defaults-to-action-feature-or-bug/3121>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Tags:** action, bug, tlfx\
**Created:** [May 20, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/effects-tab-defaults-to-action-feature-or-bug/3121 "2021-05-20T14:40:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/effects-tab-defaults-to-action-feature-or-bug/3121/1 "2021-05-20T14:40:21Z")

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On 2022, Linux, whenever I have multiple TLFX and I got to editor or effects tab, it defaults to action, no matter what I had selected when I started. Even double tapping on the effect on the toolbar still brings me to action. WTF?

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**Author:** ![PhilippeJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@PhilippeJ](https://forum.logik.tv/u/PhilippeJ)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/effects-tab-defaults-to-action-feature-or-bug/3121/2 "2021-05-20T14:55:57Z")

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Was Preferences \> Tools / Timeline FX \> Default Timeline FX changed to be “Action” instead of “Current TL FX” ?

[https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-16CD11C2-A4F1-4B8F-8FC4-B2DE1650625B](https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-16CD11C2-A4F1-4B8F-8FC4-B2DE1650625B)

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/effects-tab-defaults-to-action-feature-or-bug/3121/3 "2021-05-20T14:59:37Z")

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Ohhh. Is that what that does. I skipped 2021, so a bunch of stuff that us not so new might be very new to me. I’ll try not to be too much of a pest.