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# Set Timeline State

Category: Control

**Set timeline state** layer template changes the play state of the specified *Timeline*.

## Variables

### Default

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* **Timeline**: select the timeline which you'd like to change the play state of.
* **Play state**: select the timeline's play state. The
* **Auto rename:** select if you want the layer's name to display the state of the variables.