Reveal in Explorer Custom Shortcut Unresponsive

[Brandon Loshe]

Hi Premiere Pro Team,

I have my keyboard shortcuts set to Alt+R to reveal a clip from the Timeline Panel to the Project Panel. I use the same Alt+R shortcut to reveal from the Project Panel in Explorer. However, this custom shortcut no longer works to reveal in Windows Explorer. It actually has not worked for a while now in various builds for the past year. I just never got around to reporting this bug. Here is a screenshot to illustrate the problem:

 

The keyboard shortcut revealing from the Timeline Panel to the Project Panel does work, just not from the Project Panel to Explorer.

I can still right+click on the clip from the Project Panel and select the option, which works. But that is extra clicking and takes me too long to find the option every time.

[Brian Fearon]

I too am experiencing the same issue.

[Averdahl]

Are you using Alt+R (or any letter) as well? 

[Cairo_]

2025 same problem here, premiere is full of well known bugs, any update?

[brianf82484815]

I have this shortcut mapped to shift+f7

[Cairo_]

It works now, but strangely, reveal the proxy files, not the original media

[caroline_edits]

If you temporarily disable proxies (using the proxy toggle in the Program Monitor) then use your shortcut again, does it take you to the original media?

Let us know,

Caroline

[Brian Fearon]

shortcut key is now working (since upgrading to v25.5)

[Brandon Loshe]

Hi Caroline, 

Unfortunately, toggling the proxy option made no difference for me. The Reveal in Explorer shortcut that I created still does not work.

[Averdahl]

Brandon, what did you map Reveal in Explorer to, Alt+, Ctrl+, Shift+ or?

Avoid Alt+ on a windows machine. Ctrl+Alt+ is ok, but only Alt+ is not.

Unfortunately, toggling the proxy option made no difference for me. The Reveal in Explorer shortcut that I created still does not work.

By @Brandon Loshe

[Brandon Loshe]

Hi Averdahl, I did Alt+R. It worked fine for years on various Windows machines that I've used. I think it was the 2024 and 2025 versions where it stopped working. It looks like I made this post back in late 2023.  

[Averdahl]

I was about to write that it works here but did notice after some tests that it only work if i map Alt+R to Reveal in Explorer under Application. If i map Alt+R in the Project panel it seem to be doing nothing at all. 

Try to remove Alt+R from the Project panel section and re-map it to the Application section and see if it does any difference for you. (See the attached image)

Hi Averdahl, I did Alt+R. It worked fine for years on various Windows machines that I've used.

By @Brandon Loshe

[Stan Jones]

@Averdahl,

> Avoid Alt+ on a windows machine. 

Very familiar with how that is a problem. I'm now on Win 11 and did not think anything like that changed. But in testing Brandon's issue, I see that Alt no longer lights up the menu options at the top. But the Windows menu Alt options work as expected. Alt+F opens the File submenu. There is no "R" menu option, so Alt+R works in PR.

@Brandon Loshe, Alt+R works using the Application-wide option. If only the Project Panel shortcut is created (or both are created), the Project Panel does not work. I can't explain that, but there are a variety of examples of changes occurring in shortcuts that broke some things, or require recreating your shortcuts file.

I did not have these set before, and adding just the application "Reveal in Explorer" works as I think you want.

Stan

[Brandon Loshe]

@Averdahl - Thanks for the idea, but that did not work, either. 

It's exactly like @Stan Jones said. Right+clicking and slecting the option from the menu works, but that takes so much extra time when it's a command that I frequetly use. 

[Stan Jones]

@Brandon Loshe,

Yes, the regular menu item works for me.

But as also described in my post, I'm agreeing with Averdahl: mapping ONLY the application level shortcut (as Alt+R) works BOTH in the timeline and the project panel.

If that does not work for you, try this: change your shortcuts to the Adobe default. Add Reveal in Explorer under Application ONLY as Alt+R. Click Okay.

Select a clip in the timeline or in the project panel: for me, Alt+R opens each in Windows Explorer.

I'm not sure I saw it: at present you are on Win 10 or 11? And what version of PR?

Stan