Mouse wheels not working in effect controls - is this normal?

[SarloosWasTaken]

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.

[Ann Bens]

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.

[SarloosWasTaken]

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)

[Ann Bens]

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

[SarloosWasTaken]

Gotcha. Hmm.. Then I don't know why. Thank you for the responces. Hopefully I can get that working at some point

[Ali Jaber]

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.

[Phillip Harvey]

I just like to reduce reliance on the mouse as much as possible. There are some editing scenarios where I don't even have to take my hands off the keyboard. Aside from speed it reduces wrist strain for me. After twenty years of editing/working on the computer I'm a bit more sensitive to it.

[Phillip Harvey]

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-fe...

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.

[SarloosWasTaken]

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!

[Phillip Harvey]

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]

Often unpin to clip en never use +/-, always alt+scroll in the timeline.