Problem with the Type Tool

[Devon34274390bm2c]

I have Adobe Premiere Pro 2022 installed on my Mac Mini, and for some reason, whenever I try to use the Type Tool—it doesn’t type in a letter (like J or K); the keys make the playback move left or right. Is there any way to fix this? It’s really disruptive, and I never had a problem with that in the 2018 version.

[Stan Jones]

What you see are the keyboard shortcuts - L key plays the clip forward, K key is used to pause the clip, and the J key is used to play the clip backward.

After you select the Text tool, are you sure you have clicked in the Program Monitor?

Stan

[Devon34274390bm2c]

Someone said that you can switch off Selection Follows Playhead under the Sequence Tab. Still doesn't work.

I tried to reconfigure the Keyboard Shortcuts to default to Timeline. Doesn't work either; the keystrokes still make the cursor playback on the Program Monitor. 

I also would not like to reset the settings using Ctrl + Alt when starting up the program. This just seems like a major glitch to me. 

[Ann Bens]

You need to click with the mouse on the Program Monitor first before start to type.

[jstrawn]

Are you sure that:
(a) A text layer is present and selected (red box around text)
(b) The text caret is inserted (vertical red line (or a red highlight) inside the red box)
(c) The Program Mon (not the timeline) is in focus when you type (blue outline around PgM panel)
?

This screenshot should help: