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Ali JaberCommunity Expert
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October 20, 2020
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Bug with floating panels in 14.5

  • October 20, 2020
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I've reported that while it was in Beta, and sadly it's now in the official release:

if you have any floating panels, keyboard shortcuts and drag and drop operations won't work inside of those after restarting PPro, until you dock those panels to the main Premiere window and undock them again.

This is a screen capture representing the bug:

https://youtu.be/d2s36n3vbRg

 

This will be very annoying for those who work with 2 screens and have floating panels in the second one because all the shortcuts and drag and drop operations will be disabled once you restarted Premiere until you close those floating panels and rearrange them again from scratch

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    Correct answer Ali Jaber

    A fast workaround I found: save your preferred workspace and restart Premiere Pro. Now whenever you open Premiere, just close the floating panels and choose from the menu: window > workspaces > reset to saved layout (alt+shift+0). This way you will restore your layout, and the panels will function as it should (at least it's working for me)

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    JDO12mar
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    November 11, 2020

    This happens to me frequently.  Try "Reset to Saved Layout" in Workspaces.  For some reason, this works for me.

    Mr. Content
    Mr. Content
    Known Participant
    November 2, 2020

    This does not work in OSX. No window layout allows me to drag stuff into neat folders in my project window.

    Abbottoklus
    Abbottoklus
    Inspiring
    October 21, 2020

    There's a bug report for this in the feedback forums, go there and up vote it so it doesn't go ignored:

     

    https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/41693197-version-14-5-dual-monitor-bug#comments

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      Ali JaberCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      October 21, 2020

      Voted!

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        Verynay
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        October 21, 2020

        thanks

        I thought it was my fault that it didn't work.
        But thanks to you, I knew. not my falut

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          Ali JaberCommunity ExpertAuthorCorrect answer
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          October 21, 2020

          A fast workaround I found: save your preferred workspace and restart Premiere Pro. Now whenever you open Premiere, just close the floating panels and choose from the menu: window > workspaces > reset to saved layout (alt+shift+0). This way you will restore your layout, and the panels will function as it should (at least it's working for me)

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            Verynay
            Participant
            October 21, 2020

            omg it's really working!
            thank you!
            You saved my time.
            and my stresss.

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
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            October 20, 2020

            Ali,

             

            I am fascinated with the variety of workflows. Even if one editor trains five, all six will have different processes.

             

            I've not found the use of floated panels ... I'm constantly having to move them outta the way of the 'fixed' panels of my workspaces.

             

            But I know you and others love them. So ... how do you use them? What do they seem to give that you don't get via fixed panels? Trying to learn all sorts of workflows here.

             

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            Michael Grenadier
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            October 20, 2020

            if you're working on multiple monitors with plenty of space to move stuff around I suppose you might want floating panels... but I'm with you Neil. 

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              Ali JaberCommunity ExpertAuthor
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              October 21, 2020

              Exactly, I use those on my 2nd screen, and this is vital for my workflow. 

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