Improve “Move Playhead to Cursor” fluidity

Hi Adobe Team,

Many of us use the “Move Playhead to Cursor” function constantly in Premiere, especially when working on large timelines with many tracks. It’s incredibly helpful because it lets me avoid having to travel all the way up or down the interface just to grab and drag the CTI. Being able to jump and scrub directly from wherever my pointer is saves a lot of time and keeps the workflow focused.

In Avid, the timeline feels more “open” in the sense that you can move around it very freely unless you’re in a specific selection mode. Premiere, on the other hand, keeps you effectively in a selection-based interaction all the time, which is why “Move Playhead to Cursor” becomes such an essential tool for navigation and scrubbing.

That said, I’ve noticed the behaviour can feel quite jerky when scrubbing while holding the command. It seems to repeatedly re-register the action instead of behaving like a continuous, fluid motion. Ideally, it would respond as a single activation, and then while held, allow smooth back-and-forth movement that tracks directly with the pointer.

Resolve has a similar functionality, and when you hold and scrub there, the movement of the current time indicator feels much smoother and more responsive.

TDLR: keep the current shortcut and behaviour, but make the held scrubbing action continuous and fluid rather than repeatedly re-triggered.

Thanks!