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SarloosWasTaken
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November 26, 2022
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Mouse wheels not working in effect controls - is this normal?

  • November 26, 2022
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In the 'timeline panel' I can use the mouse wheel to scroll through the timeline and alt to zoom. When I try to do the same in the 'effect controls panel', nothing happens. Is this normal? I'm asking because I think this would be nice in general (/should obviously be a feature), but also because using the handle to drag and zoom is driving me crazy with buggy behavior; not allowing me to zoom in or out, limiting scrolling to only part of the track.

 

Any answers would be much appreciated.

 

Sarloos.

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    Phillip HarveyCommunity Expert
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    November 26, 2022

    I don't believe ALT + Scrollwheel works in Effect Controls, no. Feature Requests have been moved to these forums, you can find more info here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/faq-how-do-i-file-a-bug-report-or-write-a-feature-request/td-p/13362039

     

    Personally, I'm in the habit of using the +/- keys to zoom in/out on the Timeline, and those also work in Effect Controls. And I definitely don't use the scroll bars. I've probably spent less than 60 seconds using a scroll bar in my 10+ years of using Premiere.

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    SarloosWasTakenAuthor
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    November 26, 2022

    Thank you Phillip,

    This was apparently not working because I have a european keyboard, and I guess some of the controls just don't work out of the box for that reason. Was able to add a shortcut for +/- keys, which makes my life so much easier!

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    Phillip HarveyCommunity Expert
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    November 26, 2022

    I did see that Ann's suggestion does work in that specific context: Pin to Clip unchecked, and if you are hovering over the scroll bar. So that is something I didn't know, but I'm still just in the habit of using +/- for everything. It's well-ingrained muscle memory, and I tend not to work with Pin to Clip unchecked outside of specific instances. That's just me, though. We all get used to doing things certain ways.

    Ann Bens
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    Ann BensCommunity Expert
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    November 26, 2022

    You can (alt) scroll the slider in the ECP.

    To give you a better zoom in/out uncheck pin to clip in the panel menu.

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    SarloosWasTakenAuthor
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    November 26, 2022

    Does not work for me unfortunetly.. May it could be due to my european keyboard layout? (have tried not can't add a keyboard command that includes the scroll wheel)

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    Ali JaberCommunity Expert
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    November 26, 2022

    Have no idea if the keyboard has anything to do with. I always had an international keyboard and English OS on a Dutch machine.


    I always use alt + scroll wheel in the timeline, and +/- in the ECP, as alt + scroll never worked there for me (unchecking pin to clip never changed anything).

    For me alt + scroll is way faster and more natural than +/-, especially that scroll alone will scroll the timeline, so it's a matter of pressing unpressing the alt key and you will be able to navigate easily in the timeline using the scroll wheel.

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