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LironPeer
LironPeer
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March 8, 2022
Question

A keyboard shortcut to select all files in a specific bin from the main project panel

  • March 8, 2022
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Is there a fast way / keyboard shortcut / option that I can set a shortcut to, for me to Select All files inside a specific bin in my project panel?

I want to be able to select all the files inside a folder so I can drop them into the timeline.

 

NO. Droping the bin itself doesn't do it, because it changes the order of the files using the myserious sorting of Premiere instead of the simple ABC of windows, which forces me to go over each folder and do it manually.

And NO. I don't want to open the bin in seperated tab / window, then Ctrl+A, then close that window. It will be as time consuming and selecting the first file, then Shift, then the last file. I'm looking a "one click" option.

 

I have a long list of files inside each bin and the scrolling is annoying.

I searched on google and youtube and Adobe help and when over the keyboard shortcuts in PP and I couldn't find this kind of option.

 

If anyone knows of a way, it would save me a lot of time.

Thanks in advance.

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Mira336539956u2y
Participant
November 16, 2023

It's been a year but if you haven't found it yet, it's selecting the first clip go to the very end,and select the last clip in the bin WHILE pressing on shift, you're welcome 🤗

LironPeer
LironPeerAuthor
Known Participant
November 16, 2023

Thank you, but when I say a "keyboard shortcut" I mean 1-click action. Yes, I know I can select the first file, then scroll down and with shift select the last file and all files will be selected, that's normal windows behavior and I've mentioned using this method (I still use it today). But I want with a single action to select all the files in a bin, while I have several bins in my main project. Something like double click on the bin or Ctrl+A while that bin is in focus. That does not exist in Pr to my knowledge.

Thanks anyway 🙂

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Ann BensCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 16, 2023

You dont need to select, just drag the bin to the timeline or to the New Item Icon for a new sequence.

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
March 8, 2022

No, there's no way to select a bin and move all to the timeline from the timline panel. Selecting the fist clip, then Select-All, will typically load them onto the timeline in the order they appear in the bin. That's not working for you?

Neil

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LironPeer
LironPeerAuthor
Known Participant
March 8, 2022

Thank you for the answer, but what you suggest doesn't work. "select all" (ctrl+A) selects all the files and folders and everything else in the project panel, not the specific folder I opened. I also tried this option before asking.

And btw, you can drag a bin or several of them and all the files will be placed in the timeline. I did this before and then I ran into the file order issue.

Any other thoughts? Starting to think there's no such option.

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
March 8, 2022

I actually know of this preference 🙂 I told you a google a lot before writing here. It only works with a double click of the mouse. You can add Ctrl or Alt to change the bahvior, but it's still with a mouse.

 

I don't need to create a sequence, I create one with my preset first hand because I need to drop all the files folder by folder. The whole project has one single sequence of wav and jpg files.

 

So right now it's:

Double click > Ctrl+A > Drop the files > Go to that little menu to close the panel > Focus goes to different panel for some reason, so focus with mouse to main project panel > Go to next bin.

I tried it just now, it's more annyoing than the scrolling, at least there I'm in the same place just going down down the rabbit hole... I mean the files list (about ~2000 of short sound files).

 

I guess there's no way to make it more efficiant for me 😕😕

Thanks anyway 🙂


Oh yea, the focus jumps here this time, there the next ... um ... what the ... bleep?

 

Yea, there isn't any swifter way to do what you need to do ... sorry!

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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