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kit.kohler
kit.kohler
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October 25, 2023

Text searches persist across sequences and clips, causing unexpected jumps around timeline

  • October 25, 2023
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I was frustrated with Premiere Pro jumping around my sequence and realized last week why it was happening. If you search the transcript for a word in a clip, that search will persist when you switch to looking at your sequence if you keep the text panel open. Once at the sequence, the playhead will jump to the incidence of that word, and will continue doing so until you clear your text search or close the text window, even as you are editing, trimming clips, etc.

 

Expected behavior for me would be that the search persists only in the clip I was originally searching. That should mostly solve the problem, though people will still need to clear their search string from the text panel if they are searching within their sequence, or else it will create chaos during editing.

 

Premiere Pro 23.6.0 Build 65
Mac Studio M2 Max

 

 

    Pinned Reply By Amy the Stuv

    Hello everyone,

    We’ve made improvements to Text Panel search in later versions of Premiere. Please update to the latest version, and let us know if you still encounter this issue.

     

    Thank you for reporting it.

    Amy

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    Ryan Fritzsche
    Ryan Fritzsche
    Inspiring
    October 25, 2023

    @Stan Jones I see your point. I have not yet encountered a situation where that's an issue, at least for my workflow.  It is rare that I have been searching within a clip in the source monitor and when cutting in the clip I was searching for, needed to immediately switch back to the timeline view of the transcript.  But I can certainly see where that would be an issue.  The option to map a keyboard shortcut for "clearing the search bar" would be another helpful option (I couldn't find one searching now), but i agree the option to auto-clear the search whenever navigating between source / program-timeline panels would absolutely be nice, and I would probably start to use it.

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 25, 2023

    @kit.kohler,

     

    I'd upvote this, but I'm not sure how it would work. When you do 3-point editing, you may go back and forth between Source and Sequence views, or one Source and another. Some users will want to keep the search active. One option would be a toggle between the current behavior and one where the search box clears as soon as you change to another clip or to Sequence view?

     

    The workaround is to "x" out the search.

     

    @Ryan Fritzsche,

     

    I agree there are times when your workaround can help. But sooner or later, you will switch to the Sequence view, or another Source clip - and when you do, the search will still be there.

     

    Stan

     

    Ryan Fritzsche
    Ryan Fritzsche
    Inspiring
    October 25, 2023

    This was driving me nuts for a while too. Then I discovered... there's actually a setting to toggle this behavior.  If you notice the 2 icons and checkbox at the bottom of the text panel: one icon selects source/preview panel, one selects program/timeline panel(s). The default is the "Follow active monitor" checkbox which switches between the two as you change focus, and is resulting in the behavior you're describing.  But if you un-check the "follow active monitor" checkbox, and select the source switch, the text panel will remain focused on the source panel and not jump around your timeline (searching for words) when you switch focus to the timeline.

     

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