Focus keeps shifting to Project or Bin panels after insert / overwrite
I know this one comes up a lot, but none of the previously-given solutions are working for me.
PROBLEM: when I use the 'inset' or 'overwrite' keyboard shortcuts, the focus shifts from the Source Monitor pane to a random bin or project panel (focus does not switch to the the Timeline, as most people have problems with). This behaviour began about three days ago, seemingly aprops of nothing, and it's driving me crazy.
ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS:
- reset my preferences. It didn't make a scrap of difference.
- Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout. It works for the first insert/overwrite, but after that focus keeps switching away from the Source Monitor.
- Preferences > Timeline > Set focus on the Timeline when performing Insert/Overwrite edits. I have this off by default, but I turned it on, did a few inserts, the focus switched to the Timeline, as expected. Then I disabled the function and for the first three inserts, focus stayed on the Source Monitor. Then it went back to switching to bins or projects.
- reviewed Keyboard Shortcuts. There were no conflicts, but I removed the insert and overwrite shortcuts anyway, saved, remapped the shortcuts and saved again. Behaviour continued.
- split Source Monitor and Program Monitor into different panes, as this user discovered. Behaviour continued.
I really don't know what else to do, and I can't get it into my muscle memory to Shift+2 after every Insert. Any suggestions (that don't involve me trashing my preferences and spending hours rebuilding them again)?
Adobe Premiere Pro Version 25.6.2 (build 1), zero 3rd party plug-ins
Windows 11, Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285K 3.70 GHz, 128 GB (127 GB usable), 64-bit operating system, NVIDEA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
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