Moving clip to another track

[mikecox_]

I want to move a clip to a different track.

Until recently, if I dragged a clip up the Video moved up and the Audio moved down. But lately, that is not happening, even with Modifier keys.

What's changed?

[MyerPj]

I was just doing one, I'm not sure if it's changed, but when I drag the clip the video moves to the track I want and the audio stays on the track it is, then I can hold ctrl-shift and move the audio down by dragging down to it, putting it below the other audio

[gerikp · Accepted solution]

Not sure when it changed but I don't think that behavior has been around for a long time.

[Ann Bens]

It used to be just Shift to move corresponding audio or video to a different track.

A few versions ago, Adobe changed the behavior to Ctrl+Shift.

If new track is say 5.1 and audio is stereo it wont drag.

[mikecox_]

I tried ctrl/Shift-drag but nothing moved. 

I'm getting mixed responses, but I think the correct one is; that option has been removed apparently quite recently because I've been able to do it in the past.

[Ann Bens]

I tried ctrl/Shift-drag but nothing moved. 

By @mikecox_

You drag the video to the desired track, while holding down the mouse select ctrl+shift and drag the audio to the desired track.

 Or first the audio and the video.

[gerikp]

Or Command+Shift on a Mac.

[janphilbo]

Thank you so much! I used only SHIFT on the Mac as this is the "official" short cut from Adobe I think. But it is now as you mention: Command+Shift! 

[mikecox_]

It does appear to have been changed but, not so long ago.  It used to work for me, and fairly recently, with no modifiers; as I recall.  If I dragged a clip on V1 to V2, A1 automatically went to A2.

I thought maybe it had something to do with track selection but even when both 1 and 2 are both selected it doesn't work.

It's very odd because I distinctly remember it working, 

[MyerPj]

I have a CC 2017 install, I just checked and it works the same way, so not sure about the 'hasn't been around for a long-time'

[MyerPj · Accepted solution]

Maybe you are thinking of when you add a clip, that's the preferred behavior, I don't know why adobe doesn't do it that way when moving a clip.

[mikecox_]

Yes! That's when it happens! That's where it worked!

[gerikp]

HA! I think you might be right on this. I just found an old computer with CS6 and it didn't work on that version.