diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/prop.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/prop.rs
index 6e82fc2a..7babf85d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/prop.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/prop.rs
@@ -387,6 +387,24 @@ fn select_keys(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     } else {
         s.state.selected_keys = sel;
     }
+    // From the Timeline, selected keys select their properties and layers too, as in After
+    // Effects, so the Graph Editor shows them (#252).
+    if b_p(p, "selectProperties").unwrap_or(false) && !s.state.selected_keys.is_empty() {
+        let extend = b_p(p, "add").unwrap_or(false) || b_p(p, "toggle").unwrap_or(false);
+        let st = &mut s.state;
+        if !extend {
+            st.selected_props.clear();
+            st.selected_layers.clear();
+        }
+        for k in &st.selected_keys {
+            if !st.selected_props.contains(&(k.layer, k.prop)) {
+                st.selected_props.push((k.layer, k.prop));
+            }
+            if !st.selected_layers.contains(&k.layer) {
+                st.selected_layers.push(k.layer);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     Ok(json!(s.state.selected_keys.len()))
 }
 
@@ -780,7 +798,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Select Keyframes",
             [],
             None,
-            "{keys: [{layer, prop: uid | path (or `path`), time (layer s)}], add?, toggle?: bool (Shift+click: in or out of the selection)}",
+            "{keys: [{layer, prop: uid | path (or `path`), time (layer s)}], add?, toggle?: bool (Shift+click: in or out of the selection), selectProperties?: bool (their properties and layers too, as a Timeline click does)}",
             has_comp,
             select_keys
         ),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index 341decdd..9cc575b4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
                         let kresp = ui.interact(kr, egui::Id::new(("key", uid, k.time.0)), Sense::click_and_drag());
                         app.auto.add(&format!("timeline.key.{uid}.{}", fr.frame_at(ct)), kr, &format!("{} key", prop.name));
                         let mods = ui.input(|i| i.modifiers);
-                        let this_key = json!({"keys": [{"layer": layer.id.0, "prop": uid, "time": k.time.seconds()}]});
+                        let this_key = json!({"keys": [{"layer": layer.id.0, "prop": uid, "time": k.time.seconds()}], "selectProperties": true});
                         if kresp.clicked() && mods.command {
                             // Ctrl+click: Linear ↔ Auto Bezier; Ctrl+Alt+click: Hold on / off.
                             actions.push(("keys.select".into(), this_key.clone()));
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        actions.push(("keys.select".into(), json!({"keys": keys, "add": ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.shift)})));
+        actions.push(("keys.select".into(), json!({"keys": keys, "add": ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.shift), "selectProperties": true})));
     }
 
     // CTI.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_keyframes.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_keyframes.rs
index 55b2ab75..7c51820c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_keyframes.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_keyframes.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ fn shift_click_toggles_and_ctrl_click_switches_interpolation() {
     assert_eq!(key(&h).out_interp, effectcraft_engine::keyframe::Interp::Hold);
 }
 
+/// Clicking a key in the Timeline selects its property and layer too, as in After Effects, so
+/// the Graph Editor shows the key's curve (#252).
+#[test]
+fn a_key_clicked_in_the_timeline_shows_in_the_graph_editor() {
+    let (mut h, id, uid) = harness();
+    h.state_mut().session.execute("edit.deselectAll", json!({})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let ks = keys(&h, uid);
+    click_with(&mut h, ks[1], Default::default());
+    let st = &h.state().session.state;
+    assert_eq!(st.selected_keys.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!((st.selected_props.clone(), st.selected_layers.clone()), (vec![(id, uid)], vec![id]), "the key's property and layer");
+    h.state_mut().ui.timeline.graph_editor = true;
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(h.state().auto.find(&format!("timeline.graph.key.{uid}.0.1")).is_some(), "the Graph Editor shows the key");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn graph_editor_drags_move_every_selected_key_and_shift_keeps_an_axis() {
     let (mut h, id, uid) = harness();