Bug i cant select the animation in the inspector

i have a simple code:

public Animation chest;
{...}
if (collision.gameObject.name == "chest")
{
chest.Play();
}...

and when i go into the inspector to select my animation (chestOpen) i cant select it. i cant select any type of animation. Is their an issu with my code or is my unity just broken??

thanks you in advance for your time!

 

Make sure you did not make an

Animator

if you're expecting an

Animation

...it's confusing.

An

Animation

is a legacy component. You don't use that with

Animators

.

And the actual THING, the data that makes things animate ... well that is an

AnimationClip

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