Option + Arrow Keys Not Working

[Wave Digital Arts]

On MacOS, you can normally navigate through text one word at a time by holding option and pressing the left and right arrow keys. This functionality is broken in the latest version of Premiere Pro (25.4). It still works fine in all other apps, and it worked in all previous versions of PP, so this is definitely an issue with the latest version of PP.

For example, when editing the name of a sequence, I can't jump between words by holding option and pressing the left and right arrow keys.

Edit 1: This only seems to affect the Project panel and bins. I can use Option + Arrow keys in other areas of PP, such as transcripts in the Text panel.

[Peru Bob]

Have you tried resetting the preferences?

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/premiere-pro/using/reset-preferences.html

[Wave Digital Arts]

I have, yes.

The issue is also replicable on another computer, also running the latest version of PP.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Wave Digital Arts - Thank you for reporting this. I was able to reproduce the issue and have filed a bug report. We’ll update this thread as soon as we have more information to share.

[chrisb14358089]

Same issue, but I just noticed it works when editing Captions in the Text panel...odd

[Mark Park]

Hello,

After the recent Premiere Pro update, I noticed that the Option + Arrow key shortcut no longer works as expected when renaming a sequence. Previously, this allowed the cursor to move word by word, but now it only moves character by character.

This feature was very useful for quickly editing sequence names, and its absence slows down the workflow. Could you please confirm if this is an intentional change or a bug?

Thank you.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Mark Park - This is a known issue I'll merge your post with the primary so you are notified of updates.  Sorry for the frustration.