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July 16, 2014
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Keyboard shortcuts won't work in Premiere Pro CC

  • July 16, 2014
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New to Premiere CC, and I'm trying to use the keyboard shortcuts as provided on the Adobe cheat sheet.  However, it seems the shortcuts aren't working or triggering with my keyboard.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.

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    Participant
    April 28, 2017

    Hey guys,

    This is probably just something dumb that I did, but this just happened to me - certain shortcuts like ripple trimming clips (Q and W) weren't working, but I figured out it was because I had Video Track 2 (V2) selected, and not Video Track 1 (V1) where all my clips are. As soon as I selected V1 (so that it highlights blue) it all worked normally again.

    I know that's really simple and just a silly thing I did, but hopefully it helps someone who comes to this thread who has done the same thing!

    Participant
    September 28, 2019
    You're a lifesaver.
    Participating Frequently
    February 23, 2017

    This happens to be a lot every since CC 2017 came out (on a mac as well). So far, the fix for me has been to open up keyboard preferences and 'update' any of the kshortcuts--even if I just set the C key to Razor the way it already was--then hit save and once I've done that the keyboard shortcuts come back.

    Participant
    January 27, 2016

    it's ok, just find Keyboard Shortcuts folder and rename your last language version on en_US.

    Participant
    January 20, 2022

    Thank you so much for the help. Your suggestion has finally helped me solve the problem

    Participating Frequently
    June 28, 2015

    happened to me just now! I was rocking the editing on my timeline with all sorts of keyboard shortcuts...proud of myself for not touching the mouse ever again...and not sure what I pressed--all shortcut keys related to playback stopped responding. I was able to use SOME shortcut keys, however, like "select clip under playhead" and "deselect".

    A simple "Close Project" and re-open did the trick! Got all my keyboard shortcuts working again...woo-hoo!

    Punker
    Inspiring
    July 22, 2016

    This has been happening to me since the update too. My wireless keyboard just stops working in Premiere but I can still click around and do other things, and the keyboard still works everywhere else. Close/reopen does the trick but it's very annoying.

    CH_Parker
    Participant
    June 3, 2015

    Hi did someone resolve it ?

    It's happening to me now, I think since I changed the language manually in the ATMLanguages folder?

    Carlos

    deadlyrhythm
    Participant
    December 2, 2014

    This is happening to me as well. My keyboard is not working within Premiere Pro CC. Nothing that I do on the keyboard works within Prem.Pro. However it works fine while I type this. The only thing that I can think of is that my free trial period ended and Adobe may eliminate the keyboard. However, I paid for a subscription and it still won't work. Any thoughts?

    shooternz
    Legend
    July 16, 2014

    Do any keyboard shortcuts work?

    eg Ctrl-S (Save), V (Select Tool)

    ip EditAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 16, 2014

    None of the keyboard shortcuts work.  However, I did go to another application on my MacBook Pro, and found that standard shortcuts do work on that application.  I suppose its not the keyboard, but is there a setting in Premiere Pro that needs to be modified, perhaps?

    jstrawn
    Legend
    July 16, 2014

    Caps lock?

    Hitting Ctrl instead to Cmd on mac?

    Keyboard unplugged?

    ...

    (just a few wild guesses)

    ISA_VIVAR
    Participant
    May 29, 2018

    the problem is that no matter how many times I save the key board short cuts they wont work once back on editing mode

    Please do you have a more reliable way of getting things sorted?