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Inspiring
April 25, 2025
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Improve Selecting Between Panes

  • April 25, 2025
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Hello, there are some cumbersome navigation between which item and pane is active and in focus ready for key commands.

Especially between the Program and Sequencer panes (timeline). For example, when selecting an image in the program pane for moving/nugding requires first selecting the program picture frame, then selecting the clip from the sequencer, then clicking the image, then clicking the program window again... Could you make ti easier to select a clip or an image/text and highlighted for editing, thanks!

9 replies

Inspiring
April 26, 2025

Also, deselecting a pane doesn't work consistently by clicking away or on another pane, as Text or Images remain selected, so it isn't convenient to play back for results after editing.

Inspiring
April 26, 2025

In addition, very cumbersome user experience trying to select a Text in the program window together with another text to move them together. First, it only selects the frame of the Program window, then selecting the Clip from the Sequencer or the Text bars from the Properties moves the focus out of the Program window, then reselecting the Program window with the two texts, but the arrows only work for nudging with Cmd + Arrow combination, if the user remembers... I hope Adobe references Avid Pro Tools for classic sequencer and selection feautures. Thanks!

Inspiring
April 26, 2025

Of course, that's the feature to be improved for selecting any of the pictures for editing. Thanks!

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

Alternative you can double-click in the Program Monitor and it will select the top image.

Inspiring
April 25, 2025

...Also, the toggle option disapperas, when selecting the Program pane, so another click to select the toggle again.

Inspiring
April 25, 2025

It does, but when you click away and select the clip again, the frame is only around the selected image, not readily editable. So, more convenient would be to click directly on the image in the Program window to select it for editing, however it only selects the video frame...

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

A soon as you hit the button, the wireframe will appear in the Program Monitor,

Inspiring
April 25, 2025

Thanks, that might work better, it still seems to require to click both the clip and the image to make the Program window active...

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 25, 2025

If i understand correctly:

Select clip on the timeline.

then hit the choose direct manipulation in the Program Monitor