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Correct answer danisdevine

Hey folks, here is another possible solution to what seems to be a 10-year old+ issue:

Try resetting your workspace layout. Through the top menu it would be Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout

This worked for me when none of the other solutions did. Perhaps try setting to different workspaces as well if still stuck.

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joey24144029flcv
Participant
March 24, 2025

Hello! Im from the future, 2025 and this problem still persists, please take care of the water and mind who you vote to. Jokes aside, Premiere is the most buggy program I ever encounter to the date to edit video. 

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Jewell Allene Photo
Participant
October 30, 2021

Quick fix is to just rename it in list view rather than icon view or freeform view

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markm33
Participant
November 19, 2019

Just found another possible solution that worked for me. Select the bin or file and then go the the Metadata window and rename it in there. Everything was fixed across all projects after this.

    Hebah
    Hebah
    Participant
    October 3, 2021

    Hey 

    what did u mean about  go to the metadata?

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    EPickart
    Participating Frequently
    October 5, 2021

    Right click on the NAME header title in any bin.  "Metadata Display..."  will appear as the dropdown menu choice.   A window will pop up that allows you to customize the column info that appears in that bin.  Much like the colums in Finder or Explorer desktop windows.  There are hundreds of choices of info columns that can be shown for clips in the bins and you can save presets.  This is very useful for projects with lots of elements.

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    danisdevineCorrect answer
    Participant
    February 21, 2019

    Hey folks, here is another possible solution to what seems to be a 10-year old+ issue:

    Try resetting your workspace layout. Through the top menu it would be Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout

    This worked for me when none of the other solutions did. Perhaps try setting to different workspaces as well if still stuck.

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      news_03e67394383
      Participant
      April 15, 2019

      danisdevine fixed the problem! Thank you! I was on the verge of insanity.

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      editville
      Participant
      February 14, 2019

      Ha, the renaming bug happened to me last night. Widening the column didn't fix the issue - was able to solve by going to Preferences > General and changing the Bin Preference: Double-Click to "Open In Place." If anyone out there is having trouble, maybe try toggling those options around.

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      Maximumblast
      Participating Frequently
      February 9, 2019

      Yes, Donnies suggested reimport works for me as well. Thanks for that!

      jordanh43851240
      jordanh43851240
      Participant
      January 7, 2019

      2019 and this is still happening...

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        IceCube NinJaH
        Participating Frequently
        January 8, 2019

        Strange. Its not happening tonight to me.

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        Donnie Rogers11046746
        Known Participant
        January 8, 2019

        It looks like it might be related to version of PremierePro the project was created under. It it only happening to me in projects created before the last update.  I can get around it by creating a new project and importing the old project into it.

        Donnie Rogers

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          Donnie Rogers11046746
          Known Participant
          December 17, 2018

          It's happen to me on multiple machines! Happened when trying to rename any bin or item in a bin.It doesn't crash the app, but I can't see what I'm typing.

          Very frustrating! If I type blindly it will accept the text entered, but a solution to this would be appreciated!

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            IceCube NinJaH
            Participating Frequently
            December 17, 2018

            Try my trick above your message.

            I did try the other suggestions above first, but all my preferences were deleted. (not that I have many)

            Thanks

            Bobby

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              IceCube NinJaH
              Participating Frequently
              December 4, 2018

              ok, so....

              Hope this easy fix helps the next person.

              I opened the project up and still could not rename the bin.

              Then I tried to highlight this bin again.

              Then went to Menu / clip / rename.

              Now it works across the board.

              I can right click and I can rename by pressing enter.

              So I guess the programming had a little bug in it.

              Bobby

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                toootone
                Participating Frequently
                November 2, 2024

                This did not work for me

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                IceCube NinJaH
                Participating Frequently
                December 4, 2018

                I just started experiencing this problem.

                I cannot rename bins. This is bad.

                Tried the above reset, but this did not help.

                Some other instructions online were to delete the Adobe folders from the ~/Library/Application Support and the /Library/Application Support..

                Any suggestions?

                Thanks

                Bobby

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                IceCube NinJaH
                Participating Frequently
                December 4, 2018

                I don't crash the app like you guys, and I am running the latest version.

                The Mac is 6 months old, So its not the machine.

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