P: Scrolling / panning in the Program Monitor

Is there a solution buried in these 150 replies? I also am very frustrated with this problem and need a solution ASAP. Hand tool does not work in Premiere, only AE. 

This has been absolutely infuriating and it beggars belief that anyone in their right state of mind would think this is a sensical "update".

Hand tool does NOT work for me and I'm left being endlessly frustrated by this stripping down of useful features.

Restore the scrollbars now.

Version 24.5.0 on M1 Mac OS Sonoma 14.3.1 update:
Since updating, I've been using the hand tool instead of scroll bars to pan around the program monitor, but now the hand tool regularly stops working as well. I currently have no way to pan around a shot while it's zoomed in, or zoomed out, or fit to the window for that matter. The hand tool does absolutely nothing.

Exiting and restarting Premiere seems to fix the hand tool temporarily, until the hand tool stops working again and I have to restart Premiere again, and again, and again. This is a waste of my valuable time and money having to wait for larger projects to quit and reload every few hours.

Very true. Not as precise. 

They're still working on it, check it out over on the Premiere Beta forum. I'm sure some things will be added or changed around still. In the meantime, it's the "H" / Hand tool. and you can set a shortcut to FIT, etc.

It is not precise method of scrolling around. I now have to add guide markers just to make sure I am looking at at the same horizontal or vertical pixels. Prior to the downgrade of the program Monitor I could see what I was looking for, easily scroll to review the rest of the scene, and work efficiently. This is not efficient and it's terrible user expereince for those of us who NEED it. If I dont have my mouse and am using the trackpad its even more painful. 

Not true, for many reasons it is very important to be able to go directly vertical or horizontal. For example I work with equirectangular footage. I need to check my horizons. It is not possible with the Hand tool to be precise. Yes the Hand tool allows you to scroll around imprecisely and breaks certain worflows.

You can do it, at least i did. You just have to press H (to activate the hand tool), then move the program monitor around, then press V (or whatever tool you were using) to get back to the other tool. 

yes, its a pita. 

Speaking for myself, I tried the hand / pan method and it does not work. I am therefore without a method to pan in the program window.

Additionally, I do not like this situation and it materially harms my workflow.

You "can't" or you don't like it?