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January 16, 2026
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Keyboard only shortcut for Track Select Forward Tool (Select all clips in front of playhead)

  • January 16, 2026
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I’d love a keyboard shortcut that selects all clips in front (to the right) of the playhead.

 

This would behave exactly like the 'Track Select Forward Tool' (default shortcut A), but without requiring a mouse click. My aim is to stay on the keyboard as much as possible and avoid constantly reaching for the mouse.

 

I know there’s a workaround using 'Set In Point' followed by 'Select In to Out', but that only works on targeted tracks. That’s pretty annoying, since I’m usually working with specific track targeting. Having to toggle targeting for all tracks, then re-toggle them afterwards massively slows things down.

 

(While we’re on the topic: it would also be amazing to have shortcuts to explicitly set track targeting On or Off, instead of only toggling. That would allow for preset targeting setups… but I won't go about that one again!  https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/track-target-presets/idi-p/15336664)

 

 

Being able to quickly select everything ahead of the playhead is great, but it would be so much faster if I could just do it with a quick shortcut rather than needing multiple inputs.

 

Hopefully this is something that could be added!