Go to Previous/Next Edit Point Keyboard Shortcuts are Not Working As They Use To!

[azadrumana]

I have upgraded to Adobe Premiere Elements 2026 recently. The shortcuts for Go to Previous/Next Edit Point are not working as they use to. 

In older version when I press shortcut for Go to Previous/Next Edit Point, it use to navigate to the previous /next cut points, despite of Audio/Video/Track number.

In this version, when I press the same key it only respects the cuts of Video Track 1.

How I can fix this to behave like the older versions? 

[Ann Bens]

Works fine on Windows. Playhead stops at every cut, regardless on which track the clips are.

Are you using the standard up/down shortcut?

[azadrumana]

No,

I am using this one.

This has been created in APE2025, not sure what is wrong with this one. My shortcuts are Z - X - C - V

[Ann Bens]

You cannot have 4 different kbsc for just 2 shorcuts

V is selection tool and C is cut.

Why not use the standard keys.

[azadrumana]

I have been editing videos using my own shortcut since last 10 years. I am not just comfortable with the defaults.

I do not know what you are saying, but this is what I have customised -

• Clear - E
• Delete and Close Gap - W
• Paste Attribution - Ctrl+E
• Go To Previous Edit Point - Z
• Go To Next Edit Point - X
• Go To Next Marker - .
• Go To Previous Marker - ,
• Go To Sequence-Clip End - V
• Go To Sequence-Clip Start - C

What I am doing wrong Ann? Please hep me.

[Ann Bens]

I have no idea how to fix this than to use the standard shortcuts.

[Ann Bens]

Trash the custom kys and make a new one.

Your documents is most likely on C.

[azadrumana]

I have deleted all the old customosation and made new one. 

In the timeline you can see there is a cut in the Video 2 (marked in red square) and another cut in Audio 2 (where the timeline pointer is). When I press shortcuts for Go To Previous Edit Point or Go To Next Edit Point, it respects for the audio 2 track, not the video 2 track. Also default Up and Down buttons do not respect that.

You may test it at your end. 

[Ann Bens]

Not seeing this on my end.

Maybe trash preferences.

[azadrumana]

Take an Adjustment Layer and put that on any track other than Video 1.  Split the clip in couple of places, then check if that works. 

[Ann Bens]

Works fine.

[azadrumana]

Not for me unfortunately. 

[Robert J. Johnston]

I can confirm your problem. I ran into the same problem as you when I set up the timeline the way you show it. I also set my keyboard customizations to the ones you used. Going to Next Edit skips over the start of that video clip and lands on the cut on the audio. It didn't matter if I used the Down arrow or X.  I don't believe there is anything you can do to fix it. 

[Ann Bens]

It will land on the audio as that is the first cut it encounters.

You cannot assign tracks to work with the shortcut.

[azadrumana]

Not sure what build/version you are using. This do not work for us. 

[Ann Bens]

[Robert J. Johnston]

Actually, it should have stopped on the video cut before the audio cut, going left to right with X or down arrow. 

[azadrumana]

It should work whatever way I customise it. 

I have checked with 3 separate computers, none works. Even without customisation. 

[Fawad5FCF]

In Premiere Elements 2026, Go to Previous/Next Edit Point behavior has changed compared to older versions.

The playhead now stops at the first edit point it encounters across all enabled tracks — audio and video combined — not video-only and not track-priority–aware.

So if an Audio Track 2 has a cut before Video Track 2 , the shortcut will stop on the audio cut first, even if the video cut is visually more important.

This is by design in Elements 2026, not a keyboard shortcut corruption.

Workaround  - Temporarily disable audio track targeting

Before navigating:
1. Click the speaker icon on audio tracks you don’t want considered
2. Use Go to Previous/Next Edit Point

3. The playhead will now stop on video edits only

[azadrumana]

If I understand correctly, whatever you have mentioned, used to work on previous versions but not working on 2026.

If I have 3 audio tracks and 1 video track and they do not sync, sometimes the cursor do not stop at audio. If I have a adjustment layer, the cursor absolutely do not respect that. 

[Fawad5FCF]

Thanks for clarifying — and yes, your understanding is correct.

In Premiere Elements 2026, this command no longer behaves the same way as in earlier versions. Go to Previous/Next Edit Point does not evaluate all edit points equally. With multiple unsynced audio tracks, some audio cuts may be skipped, and adjustment layer edits are not consistently treated as valid edit points, even when enabled and unlocked.

This behavior is not related to keyboard customization or preferences and cannot be changed via settings. It differs from older versions and can appear inconsistent in complex timelines.

Your observations are valid and reproducible, and we’ve shared this feedback internally as it highlights a workflow gap compared to previous releases.

Thank you for taking the time to document this.