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Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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May 29, 2021
Question

Caption Keyboard Shortcuts for Split and Merge do not work

  • May 29, 2021
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There are unmapped keyboard shortcuts for "Split caption segment under CTI" and "Merge selected caption segments." When mapped, they do nothing. I had previously added "Edit selected caption text," which operates correctly.

 

Methods that work as expected include the Split caption and Merge captions buttons in the Text Panel, and the razor tool and Ctrl+K (with the Caption Track targeted).

 

Note: I did find menu equivalents for some of the commands that have keyboard shortcuts under Sequence -> Captions. There are several commands there. But these are not in the list. Should they be?

 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Map the two commands above to Ctrl+Alt+Y (Split) and Ctrl+Alt+U (Merge) (Yes, remember to click OK.)

2. Place the CTI in the desired location; press Ctrl+Alt+Y.

3. Select two adjacent captions; press Ctrl+Alt+U.


Result: Nothing happens.

Expected: The caption under the CTI should split; the two captions selected should merge.

System info
Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v15.4.0.12
OS: Windows v10.0.19041, RAM: 23.99 GB, CPUs (logical): 8

 

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    Arne_B
    Arne_B
    Known Participant
    July 6, 2023

    @Stan Jonessomething new on shortcuts for merging and splitting caption (Mac & Wondows)?

    This would save a few mouse movements... 

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Stan JonesCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2023

    @Arne_B,

     

    FYI, the problems discussed in this thread were fixed.

     

    There are no changes in the split and merge shortcuts per se. But many related selection and navigation shortcuts. And a big change in how merge works.

     

    The new shortcuts were introduced in the Beta:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/text-panel-enhancements-pauses-navigation-and-selection/td-p/12946090

     

    There were a lot of changes before this was introduced in the Release version, but I think that is the best intro to the shortcuts.

     

    There was a big change in 23.4 in merge behavior unrelated to shortcuts. See this post:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/merge-captions-suddenly-gray-and-unlcikable/idc-p/13891108#M11033

     

    Stan

     

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    June 2, 2021

    As a user, I expected they would work ... and it's frustrating that they don't work as expected.

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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      Community Manager
      Trent HappelCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 2, 2021

      Understood, thanks Neil.

      T
      Community Manager
      Trent HappelCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 1, 2021

      These are both "Application" shortcuts, so they should work in the Text panel and Timeline panel. Unfortunately, we still have an open issue to get these two shortcuts working in the Timeline panel.

       

      As far as adding these to the Sequence menu > Captions options, I'm not sure if it was intended to add all Caption shortcut options to the menu or not. That said, I will add a request.

       

      Thanks again for the feedback!

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