diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
index 05c12d31fe..44745a528e 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { createGsapLivePreview } from "./gsapLivePreview";
 import { formatTextFieldPreview } from "./propertyPanelSections";
 import { STUDIO_GSAP_PANEL_ENABLED } from "./manualEditingAvailability";
 import { useColorGradingController } from "./useColorGradingController";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "../../player";
 import {
   FlatColorGradingAccessory,
   FlatColorGradingSection,
@@ -252,6 +253,17 @@ export function PropertyPanelFlat({
   // just toggled. Two ids, not one: the clicked (newly-opening/closing) group
   // AND whichever group was open immediately before the click and got
   // implicitly closed by it — both freshly-mounted headers need to animate.
+  // When the inline timeline ease button focuses a segment on this element,
+  // force the Motion group open so its AnimationCard (which only mounts while
+  // the group is expanded) can consume the focus and reveal the ease editor.
+  const focusedEaseSegment = usePlayerStore((s) => s.focusedEaseSegment);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!focusedEaseSegment) return;
+    if (gsapAnimations.some((a) => a.id === focusedEaseSegment.animationId)) {
+      setOpenGroupId("motion");
+    }
+  }, [focusedEaseSegment, gsapAnimations]);
+
   const [justToggledIds, setJustToggledIds] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const justToggledTimeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
index 7458ad508a..9057cce43a 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   type GsapAnimationEditCallbacks,
 } from "./gsapAnimationCallbacks";
 import { deriveElementTiming } from "./propertyPanelFlatTimingDerivation";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "../../player";
 
 export function FlatTimingRow({
   element,
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ export function FlatMotionSection({
           : "metric";
     track(control, property);
   };
+  const focusedEaseSegment = usePlayerStore((s) => s.focusedEaseSegment);
+  const setFocusedEaseSegment = usePlayerStore((s) => s.setFocusedEaseSegment);
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-3">
@@ -176,6 +179,10 @@ export function FlatMotionSection({
                   animation={anim}
                   defaultExpanded={index === 0}
                   flat
+                  focusedSegment={
+                    focusedEaseSegment?.animationId === anim.id ? focusedEaseSegment : null
+                  }
+                  onFocusSegmentConsumed={() => setFocusedEaseSegment(null)}
                   onUpdateProperty={(animationId, property, value) => {
                     trackProperty(property);
                     callbacks.onUpdateProperty(animationId, property, value);