Project panel wont stay in saved layout

[Robert23255231ola3]

For some reson my project panel always opens up on the right and not in the saved workspace location. I have to move it every project. is there something i'm missing?

[Phillip Harvey]

I also get this behavior. Here is a User Voice bug fix request for that: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/37521484-project-panel-igno...

[R Neil Haugen]

Phillip's right, it's very annoying, but the project panel often jumps back to the left lower quadrant panel group no matter where you've saved it. Post on the UserVoice please!

[Robert23255231ola3]

Thank you both for the fast reply. i was thinking it was something i was doing wrong 🙂

[Ann Bens]

Seen this often. The Project Window has a mind of its own.

[stuart-mccoy]

Was this issue ever resolves? The Premiere Pro UserVoice seems to have disappeared and my project panel still has a mind of its own. I really wish Adobe did a better job with this in Premiere Pro because having a consistent layout from project to project is crucial. Even switching between different layouts sometimes closes a timeline or project panel.

[Ann Bens]

Still does it even in beta 2026

[Averdahl]

It is not resolved yet but there is a workaround that i read about some time ago here in the forum.

The simple solution was/is to close the Media Browser panel.

Since i did that my Project panel stays where i put it all the time and never moves around like it did before. I did just open a project and opened the Media Browser, closed the project and created a new one. This time the Project panel moved to the same pane as Media Browser.  So the Media Browser seems to trigger this when it´s open.

If you use the Media Browser you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it so you can open it fast and when done close it as fast when done with it. I never use it today.

Try it and see if your problem with the moving Project panel goes away. 🙂

Was this issue ever resolves?

By @stuart-mccoy