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gabrielg96633272
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March 26, 2020
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How do you drag around a video in premiere?

  • March 26, 2020
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How do you drag around a video with the white hand in premeire Pro like you can in AE, PS, and AI? 

If the aswer is that you cannot, please just go inhale a vapor cloud of pure covid-19, then feel free to reply asking about my computer hardware. 

Correct answer Peru Bob

"What I'm looking for is a key that I can press that temporarily activates the hand tool when the key is pressed and goes back to whatever tool was being used when the key is not pressed."

That is not a feature of Premiere Pro.

You can file a feature request here:

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

4 replies

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
March 26, 2020

The "hand" tool is also brought up by the keyboard shortcut H when the cursor is over the Program monitor ... so you could key-short into the tool hitting H, then out taping V again.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    Mary29786378jtzx
    Participant
    July 8, 2025

    thank you Neil! 5 years later but this helped me out today

      Peru Bob
      Community Expert
      Peru BobCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      March 26, 2020

      "What I'm looking for is a key that I can press that temporarily activates the hand tool when the key is pressed and goes back to whatever tool was being used when the key is not pressed."

      That is not a feature of Premiere Pro.

      You can file a feature request here:

      https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      March 26, 2020

      Brandon gave a very nice, and especially considering the original post, a very polite answer.

       

      Please remember that most all of us here are volunteers ... who help because we like helping other editors. We are NOT employees!

       

      So ... maintaining a polite, civil conversation is appreciated. And is far more likely to get useful asistance.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
        gabrielg96633272
        gabrielg96633272Author
        Known Participant
        March 27, 2020

        It was an attempt (though maybe not a successful one) at humor.  But thank you, neil, for reminding me of the philanthropic nature of this support forum. 

        Brandon Loshe
        Brandon Loshe
        Legend
        March 26, 2020

        Are you talking about in your Program Monitor? You zoom in to your desired % scale. Then you can activate the Hand Tood (H) and move around just like those other apps.

         

         

        gabrielg96633272
        gabrielg96633272Author
        Known Participant
        March 26, 2020

        Thanks for the answer. What I'm looking for is a key that I can press that temporarily activates the hand tool when the key is pressed and goes back to whatever tool was being used when the key is not pressed. Let's imagine how the spacebar works for the hand tool in After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator. 

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