Why is my search bar grayed out and unusable?

I'm currently working on a very small, very light project, so my solution may not be possible for every one.

What I did to correct this issue was:

1. Open the project with the unusable search bar;

2. Create a fresh new project;

3. Copied and pasted the entire content of the project where the search bar was unusable to the new one.

Worked two times in a row in two different projects.

Hay,

i have a lot of files (music, picutres, sounds, films etc) i have a lot of problems with searching files.

after the update Adobe Premiere pro Cc 2018 sept i have still problems with the search function. see please attachment. .

And does someone know if i can search for instance a picture of sequence or film?

also with the "Apple F" function it did not work... i can only use veruy strange criteria fi. label of frame rates, but not the criteria i use a lot like folder, picture, of sequence, or film...

thanks a lot

Me too.

This should not require a workaround. Search is an essential feature in any app that has any sort of database and it should just work.

Martin

On a Mac

Latest version:12.1.1

Too busy and too much media to try these workarounds now, but I will and thank you all for your suggestions.

Adobe seriously doesn't pay attention on this thread???

Everyone has this bug. Fix it.

Has not worked for me. I can start a new project and have the search bar, but as soon as I open another project and try to do the clear cache trick and close all, etc, it does not work. Still greyed out.

For those joining here: fill out that form above (thanks veew26444572!) to report the bug. Let's get this fixed!

same here, not working after upgrade to v12.1.1. the filter bin is greyed out.

I've created a bug in this link, https://goo.gl/7P2Y8z

If you have the same problem, vote in that link so that Adobe would take actions.

Bug report:: BIN filter greyed out in Project Window v12.1.1

After upgrade to v12.1.1, the filter bin is greyed out in Project window.

- Tried to clean up cache manually, close all project, close premiere, open premiere project, wait an hour for it to index (only one 30 second video in project) but doesn't resolve this issue.

- create Search bin works but not the BIN filter.

- All my projects have this issue. It was working normally after upgrade to v12.1.1 but somehow, it is not working now.

- Create a new project and which contain only one video file, has the same issue.

My system Win 10 x64.

The Definitive Solution To This Problem:

This was a bug introduced in one of March or April Premiere Pro updates. Based on the information shared in this post, on top of my own, here's the fix that so far has worked for me.

1. Close Premiere Pro if it’s open
2. Clear all your cache file directories
   1. Media Cache Directory
   2. Media Cache Database
   3. C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache
   4. C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache Files
   5. C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Team Projects Cache
   6. C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Peak Files
3. Open your project, wait for everything to index. Then go to File --> Close All Projects. Then reopen the project.

• If it doesn’t work at this point, restart Premiere Pro.
• If it still doesn’t work, try the “Import” feature inside of the project window to bring assets into the project.

Best Regards

I'm having the same problem too. I tried to use the "create search bin" as an alternative, bad idea!

It creates a folder with your search results, but if you delete that folder it deletes your files too. Adobe WHY would you make it like this? It's a search bin, it shouldn't delete the actual source files. I almost royally effed up a project and had to go back to an autosaved version when I realized a bunch of my files were gone. I was so confused until I figured out it was the search bin.

Adding my name in the hat here. I have a project I can search and one I cannot. I would rather not have to reindex the project that is searching fine as it includes my entire SFX library. How can you easily reindex just one project if they're both pointing to the same cache folder?

Just adding to the chorus. This is a bug. Yes there are some workarounds. This should not be marked "Answered".