animation is working in place and animator pane is greyed out

animation is working in place and animator pane is greyed out.
I want to click apply root motion so I can see the character actually move in the scene or game view.
The animator pane is greyed out (apply root motion was ticked btw) which makes me not to do with it. I want to see my character move forwards. What is the solution?

So u mean that the animator is not working but animation is being played or do you mean the animation is not looping when the character move forward

Please provide more information. I dont undustant ur problem : (