New Bin From Selection moves the new bin into the root of the project

[BrianDavison]

Sometimes, when selecting several items within a bin and using 'New Bin From Selection,' the new bin is then created at the root of the project instead of in the parent bin that all the selected items live in. Other times it works as expected. I can't figure out what causes the unexpected behavior.

Bonus bug (I think bug, anyway): If you undo a 'New Bin From Selection', you're left with an empty Bin called "Bin." For me, expected behavior would be to return to the condition prior to running 'New Bin From Selection'. Rather than having to hit undo twice to remove the bin created.

[BrianDavison]

I figured out how to replicate the behavior. If your selection contains a bin, then the new bin created will be created at the root of the project. If your selection only contains clips, then the new bin will be created in the parent bin. 

[BrianDavison]

@Todd_Reeder as you were very helpful the last time I had a bug to report, I just wanted to bump this one as it's one that I've encountered for the past 2 or 3 big releases.

Thanks!

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for filing the bug report and detailing steps to reproduce the bug(s). That is ideal for the team! I hope Todd or another team member will help you with the bug ASAP. I am sorry for the frustration.

Cheers,
Kevin

[Kevin-Monahan]

I updated the status of this bug report.

[BrianDavison]

All good, thanks Kevin, I appreciate it! 

[Stan Jones]

Upvoted. I can replicate, including your clever finding that it is the presence of a bin in the selection that changes the new bin location. And I agree that the expected behavior would be for the bin to be created in the bin that contains the selection.

I'll observe first that this "create bin from selection" is a two step shortcut. It first creates a bin, and then it MOVES the items to the new bin. So logically, it is a two-step undo (as can be seen looking in the history panel).

When it creates the new bin, and there is a bin as part of the selection, for whatever reason, it creates it at the root rather than in the bin that contains the selection.

The workaround is to create the bin manually when you need to move a bin as part of the selection items.

Stan

[BrianDavison]

Thanks Stan, glad to know it's not just me!

On the two-step process, I get that it's happening behind- the-scenes in two steps, but as a user, it's one button press and one intended action, so for me the desired and expected undo would be one button press. Realistically, I can't imagine anyone wanting to revert back a half step in the process to the point where premiere has created a new bin but hasn't put the items in a bin, that just doesn't seem helpful.

On a side note, one thing that I really love in After Effects extendscript is the ability to create an undogroup before actions are taken. On the premiere scripting side, every action taken in a script ends up being it's own undo.