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XilburQost
XilburQost
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January 13, 2021
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How do I change mouse scroll wheel behavior?

  • January 13, 2021
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I'm an experienced user of Photoshop and digtial audio workstations, but brand new to Adobe Premere Pro. I would like to change Premiere's default behavior of the mouse scroll wheel. For example, I would like the scroll wheel to horizontally expand the timeline without having to hold the alt key. How do I do this? I've been all over Premiere's settings, but no joy.

 

Thanks.

 

Windows 10 2004

Adobe Premiere Pro v14.7.0

 

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    Correct answer R Neil Haugen

    There is no user-setting for that.

     

    Neil

    3 replies

    joshk63130042
    joshk63130042
    Participant
    January 23, 2023

    Hey,

    This actually is a setting you can change. Go into preferences, then select the timeline page, and from there choose the drop down next to, "Timeline mouse scrolling". I believe this will help you with the problem. Sorry I'm two years late. 

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 23, 2023

      Might want to read the original question again.

       

      I would like the scroll wheel to horizontally expand the timeline without having to hold the alt key.

       

      Thread locked!

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 9, 2022

      @SUNYBoy 

      @will25171488kyd3 

      Might want to read the original post again.

      OP is asking to expand (or rather zoom in and out) horizontally with the mouse scroll without ALT.

      See Neils answer.

       

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
      Legend
      January 13, 2021

      There is no user-setting for that.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
        S
        SUNYBoy
        Participant
        March 14, 2022

        Not quite right. For example, I've found that on Premiere for Windows my mouse wheel controls the side-to-side movement along the timeline. But if I click Ctrl as I use the wheel, the timeline will move up and down.

        Note to Premiere programmers: we've been asking you folks for many years to allow a preference setting that controls mouse behavior. How 'bout it finally, huh?

          Ann Bens
          Community Expert
          Ann BensCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 14, 2022

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