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version 14.5 - dual monitor bug

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January 24, 2023
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Since the update to 14.5.0, all panels that are on a secondary monitor (connected to a DisplayPort) are unresponsive to the keyboard, and items cannot be dragged and dropped.

For example, I have a workspace that has the source and program monitor panels, plus the productions and media browser panels on my primary monitor. The rest are arranged on my secondary monitor.

I can use key strokes in any of the panels on the primary monitor, for example, hitting the spacebar will toggle playback in the source and program panels. I can also drag and drop clips from the media browser to the source or program panel.

But, I cannot drag and drop from the media browser to the project panel or a sequence, because those panels are on the secondary monitor. I also cannot drag clips from the project panel to a sequence, nor can I drag an effect from the effects panel (also on the secondary monitor) to a clip in a sequence.

There is however, a workaround. If I change the workspace to one of the default schemes that only occupy the primary monitor, then switch back to my dual monitor scheme, all the issues disappear until the next time I launch Premiere.

Has anyone else experienced this bug?

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Impalaboy

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Bummer, that didn't work on my machine. I still had to manually move my Project window to the 2nd monitor.

It appears the issue still exists, even after just updating to the latest version: 14.6.0 (Build 51).

The sadness continues...

glaustin

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Hi Terry
Go to window/ workspaces/ Reset to saved layout. Sometimes, just opening the default Adobe workspace is enough to get my customs workspaces working again.

Impalaboy

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@9651364
What do you mean by "just click reset"?
I'm looking for the fastest & easiest workaround I can find. 🙂

Thanks.

glaustin

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I have seen several work arounds now. But this is the simplest for me. As soon as I open a project, I launch the default ’assembly’ workspace. I don’t do anything to it, just click reset. Then I open one of my custom workspaces and it works normally for that session. Yes, it is irritating as it should be fixed by now... but it only takes a few seconds.

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the outward spiralAuthor

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Everyone has their own variation of the workaround, but the easiest by far is save your dual screen layout and give it a keyboard shortcut, and give the default single screen layout another shortcut.
Then, each time you launch Prem, make sure a panel on the primary monitor has focus (because keyboard shortcuts won't work if focus is on the secondary monitor), and use your keyboard shortcut to switch to the default layout, followed by your shortcut to switch to your dual layout.
Two keystrokes and you're set for the rest of your session.

denez mcadoo

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Best fix is to roll back to previous version of Premiere. Always a good rule of thumb if you are working at a professional level is to stay one version behind - or at least wait till you have no active projects - in order to avoid all surprise bugs. The small improvements in latest versions are rarely worth the risk of freezing up your work flow in the middle of a deadline. It actually is a good thing Adobe lets you roll back or dual install so easily.

ryanhoog

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OR JUST HAVE ADOBE FINALLY FIX THIS!! IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME.

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Pete Grayson

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@Peter Chater Berthet

Thanks so much Peter! This worked for me, but it takes a lot of time to rebuild the whole thing and you'd have to do it every time you start Premiere. This gave me an idea for a quicker fix and it worked.

My quick fix:

Drag your second monitor window into your main monitor to cover your other Premiere window. Using the dropdown menu change the layout to all panels. Then change back to your 2 monitor setup, drag your second screen window back onto the second monitor. Bingo.

You'll have to do this every time you time start premiere, but it only takes a few seconds.

EDIT: I'm on a Mac

FallsProductions

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Hi Gary!

just came here to post exactly this.

On windows, have to reset to a default 1 screen layout and then drag my panels back to where I want them for keyboard input to work correctly.

Not at all irritating...

aTomician

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Same here, having a ton of issues with a second monitor with the latest version of Premiere Pro.

Regards, aTomician

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