Project panel bins won’t expand, checkbox column magically appeared, disclosure arrows unresponsive

[Jeena22389650a1ho]

Hi everyone,

I’m running into a strange issue in Premiere Pro and haven’t been able to fix it.

In one of my projects, the view and functionality in the project panel has gone wonky. For one, a checkbock has magically appeared immediatedly after the furthest left display, the color label. I did not add this, and in fact I dont even know its purpose or what the display is even called.

Also, the bins in the Project panel now will not expand at all. Here's a summation:

• A small checkbox appears to the left of every bin and clip

• The disclosure triangle stays pointed to the right and does nothing when clicked

• The bin behaves like a selectable item instead of a folder

• Double-clicking a bin opens it in a new tab instead of expanding it

• Project panel is already in List View

• Other projects behave normally... only this one shows the issue

Here’s what I’ve already tried:

• Resetting the Project panel view preset

• Toggling between List / Icon / Freeform view

• Resetting the workspace

• Resetting all workspaces to default

• Restarting Premiere

• Restarting the computer

None of these steps have fixed the behavior.

I have no idea how this even happened in the first place. 

The only visual difference I notice is that this problematic project shows a checkbox column that I can’t remove, and ever since that appeared, bins no longer expand.

Has anyone seen this before?

Is there a hidden metadata column or mode that forces bins into a non-expandable state?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  I’ve never encountered this issue before.

Thanks!

[Ann Bens]

It its one project make a new one and import the old one into this new one.

See how that goes.

[MyerPj]

Yes, @Ann Bens suggestion is a good starting place.

I'd be interested in seeing a screen shot of what you are describing.

🙂

[R Neil Haugen]

Please do make a screengrab ... then drag/drop that directly into the text reply area of your post, so the image simply shows in the post without needing to click anything.

[Sumeet Kumar Choubey]

Hi Jeena22389650a1ho,

Welcome to the community! Please try these steps & see if it helps.

• Click the Navigation bar (three horizontal stacked lines) in the Project panel & select Metadata Display.
• In the search box, type Label & disable it under the Premiere Pro Project Metadata section. This should remove the color label box on the left.
• To stop Bins from opening in a new tab, navigate to Premiere Pro > Settings > General (macOS) or Edit > Preferences > General (Windows).
• Under the Bins section, set the option for Double-click to Open in place. This will cause the Bins to open in the same place, rather than in a new tab.

Hope it helps. Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Sumeet

[mattchristensen · Accepted solution]

@Jeena22389650a1ho Set your project panel to List View, and right click on the column header then choose > Metadata Display...

In the Premiere Pro Project Metadata, look for "Selected". This is the column that adds the checkbox and changes how the twirling open of bins works. Uncheck "Selected" then click OK. You should be back to normal.

[Jeena22389650a1ho]

You solved it, thank you! I did not add this "selected" metadata display though, so I'm curious how it happened in the first place. Nonetheless, thank you for your help Matt!

[caroline_edits]

Thanks for circling back to let us know what worked for you!

Let us know if anything else comes up.

Caroline

[jdmedia37749498]

Thanks so much! It just happened to me and this solved it.

[Jeena22389650a1ho]

awesome, happy this helped you! Seems like it could be a bug they need work out.