P: 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.

[akaready]

This is a MASSIVE new problem. Introduced in the latest or next-to-latest version of Premiere is a bug that will drive me off the platform if not resolved quickly. 

Alt+arrows used to properly “jump” across text in all text input areas in Premiere. If you had a file name like: ABC0123-sequence_title-v01, and your cursor was at the very end of the input area, and you pressed alt+{arrow left}, Premiere would appropriately JUMP to the dash and stop. If you tapped it again, it would go to the next dash, and you could hold SHIFT+ALT+{arrow right} to very quickly only select “sequence_title”. This is just one example. Alt+{arrow} as a default in all operating systems JUMPS over underscores and STOPS at dashes. CMD+{arrow} still appropriately jumps to the start/end of the line.

Premiere used to respect this and it no longer does, and it makes using it UNBEARABLE. This single bug will push me to Resolve if it is not resolved. The entire naming structure across mine and many sister organizations is based on properly using underscores and dashes and being able to quickly manipulate names and titles in Premiere and all other applications using the same system. This must be fixed! 🙏

Thanks you for your attention to this matter. 

[jamieclarke]

Hi @akaready - This is a known issue I will merge your post with the primary thread so you are notified of updates.

[Tom_edit]

@jamieclarke  could we also possibly report ctrl + delete not deleting whole words either, or ctrl+shift+arrow not doing anything when using text layers - it should highlight whole words, pretty please haha, it drives me crazy (at least on windows, idk if it works on mac or not)

[akaready]

Thank you, Jamie! How is it possible a version of Premiere shipped with such a blatant issue!? Glad it's being worked on... can we expect a resolution soon? Seems this was first reported a MONTH ago!? 🤦‍:male_sign:

[Nico5FDE]

When I create captions and the orange layers appear, and I want to edit text here and there, I double-click the text directly on the preview panel, not the Text panel. When I do that and I want to edit the beginning of the sentence, in any software I usually select anywhere and then press CMD + Left Arrow to go back word by word until I'm where I want to be. On Premiere Pro, I can't. Doing that does nothing UNLESS I first press any arrow key to start moving letter by letter first, and then pressing CMD + Left Arrow works. This is easy to reproduce.

I am on the latest MacOS 26, but this has been an issue ever since I've been using Premiere Pro.

Thank you!

[Stan Jones]

@Nico5FDE,

Unlike the bug in this thread, the behavior you are describing has been true for PR for some time. Your comment might not get the same attention as it would if it were separately filed as a bug or feature request. But perhaps it will.

In any event, I'm Win11, and I see the same thing. Double-clicking a caption in the Program Monitor to edit it selects all of it. Ctl+Right deselects it all and does nothing else - there is no insertion point. And Ctl+Right then does nothing. (Same for Ctl+Left.)

In the Text panel, it does what you expect. Double-click a caption there, and Ctl+Left deselects, sets the insertion point at the end, and moves back one word.

Workarounds - let us know if these don't work on Mac:

With all selected, Home goes to the beginning of the last line, and Ctl+Home goes to the very beginning of the caption - even if 2 lines. And then Ctl_Right/Left work as expected.

There is a current bug that may prevent this next option working. It is fixed in the Beta, and should be fixed in the next Release version. You must double-click when the Selection tool (arrow) is active. If you hit T to select the Text tool; then a single click enters edit mode and places the insertion point where you click.

Stan