annoying cursor: arrow pointing down with two bars on each side

[Lydia Yee]

not sure what key i accidentally pressed but my cursor have changed to an arrow pointing downwards with two bars on each slide.  now, even though i have snap enabled, it does ot snap to clip and it is so hard to move the clips. 

things i have tried:

- new sequence/project

- restarting

- resetting premiere pro preferences

- uninstall and reinstall pp without transferring old preferences, new sequence/project 

- moved the windows around

- i'm using a mac with no additional monitors so i can't disconnect the monitor like other people have done in other post

highly highly highly appreciate any help and inputs....

[MarekMularczyk]

Your cursor will look like that when you use Selection tool and when you click and start dragging a clip on the Timeline. It's supposed to look like that 😉

[Lydia Yee]

oops. sorry my bad. never noticed it until 2 days ago. 

i noticed it because i was having problems with moving the clips (occurred suddenly so i thought i accidentally pressed a shortcut key or stg).

the snapping is already enabled but

it doesnt snap next to clips and always either land in the previous clip's space or land few frames away. so i alway have to zoom in to ripple delete the gaps/move clips out again. have to constantly zoom in everytime i move clips to make sure it lands in place.

even when i move clips up and down (to different layers), it tend to move the clips a few frames over, rather than keeping it in the same timeframe. 

not sure if anyone else is facing problems with moving clips because my friend is having issues with premiere pro the past two days like me too. 

[MarekMularczyk]

Are you saying that you have Snapping enabled in the Timeline but clips don't snap?

[Lydia Yee]

sorry for my late response. did not notice the reply.

Yes, it just doesnt snap even though snapping is enabled. at times, i thought it snap but it actually went few frames into my previous clip (so my previous clip got cut off early) or few frames away (so i have a blank black screen). so now i just zoom in each time i'm near the clip to ensure it snaps properly next to my previous clip. 

I've reset all preferences and settings and reinstall without transferring old preferences but am still having the problem. hopefully it'll get fixed with the next update.

[MarekMularczyk]

oops. sorry my bad. never noticed it until 2 days ago.

Yes, it's little things which we don't notice sometimes 😉

[default1j3qujr8y4c9]

Same exact thing here, the only way it fixes is if I zoom in more then it will start to work. But it was able to snap stuff prior not being that zoomed in and this symbol never showed up for me till now. If you found any solutions that would be amazing.

[Lydia Yee]

unfortunately not. few months later, still having the same problem. its extremely annoying but my friend and I have learnt to deal with it. it only started after the last update for us. so hopefully it'll be fixed at the next. wish you all the best in fixing yours!

[Peru Bob]

See here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/premiere-pro-down-arrow-with-bars-on-either-side/td-p/87...

[default1j3qujr8y4c9]

Your sending me to a form that has no solved answers for me.