How to disable overwriting on the timeline?!!!

[bene32031357]

Hi, whenever I drag another clip on top of another clip in the timeline, it deletes it or a portion of it. I want to DISABLE this option. How do I do this please? I don't want a work around, I want an option stating, don't do this stupid thing and then click it.

Thanks

Also, great. Thanks. just scrolled through my timeline and got this

Thanks Adobe. This has really helped my workflow and now before the deadline, I'm having to go back and fix this. This has saved me time, thanks. I'm really glad I got CC. Top stuff /s

[Virah0101]

If I have all of my clips on the same track it's because I want them to all to play completely back to back. If I wanted them to play on top of each other or insert one in the middle of another track, that's what layers are for. If I needed to overwrite one or more tracks, that's what delete is for.

It doesn't make sense to have to lock all of my clips and move them around, just to squeeze in an extra track somewhere (like an intro, intermission, or additional scene). Ctrl+click doesn't solve that problem because it still overwrites clips if you don't place it at the exact start point of a clip.

I think OP makes a good point that at least having the option to disable the overwrite feature would be helpful.

[benjaminw18963882]

hi, the issue is -  when moving a video track to seperate 'layer' or track we cannot control any linked audio, Adobe chooses to dump it on another audio track rather than choose to place it in many available free audio track

[ben-erwin]

Hold down shift when dragging.

[Christopher335672897s89]

Similar deal... if I decide to slo mo or add a freeze frame.. it just deletes the rest of the clip if that clip runs into another one... really annoying FCP never did that... just moved the other clips backwards to compensate

[merisb11517447]

is this still an issue? is there a fix to this? switching from vegas to premiere and everything seems so super inefficient, most annoying part being this overwrite feature..

[Р.5C99]

Wow, the "replace" feature is the most unintuitive and annoying feature I have encountered in any software for the last several years! I just dragged a long clip on my timeline, the end of it was not even visible and it's easy to overwrite something on the end of that clip. I then scrolled further in the timeline and noticed that some of my older clips were removed. That's awfull design. Adobe you have to fix the default behaviour. Just let the clip that was placed last stay on top of the older clip and disable the old clip from playing. That's it.

[Lala217741719494]

Im having the same issue. The drag overwrites the clip, which is a REAL PROBLEM. CTL does not fix it, it still overwrites!! Adobe what to do.

[Ratsam I297043858mpj]

Adobe do something!

[luisamx]

I also need help with this. It is very very anoying I have to redo all my work because is deleting the overlaping audios.

[tulib281206927uh3]

To disable overwriting on the timeline in various video editing software, the specific steps may vary. Here's a general guideline: Identify the editing software you are using (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, etc.). Locate the settings or preferences menu within the software. This is typically found in the top menu bar under "Preferences," "Options," or "Settings." Look for an option related to timeline behavior, editing modes, or overwrite/insert modes. The exact terminology may differ depending on the software.

[Monika28280876avzh]

Agreed, this is absolutely terrible.

Just realized, when yesterday I was doing some quick edit with the logo layer, I accidentally put it on the layer where some of the b-roll were. Normally in other software, I'd just put the logo layer up, revealing what's under it, and what used to be my b-roll footage. Now it's all gone.

[John28850210ubid]

See, I'm saying this all the time - this feature request thing is useless, they never listen to the users when they ask to change the VERY BASIC features to intutitve and normal ones, instead of nonsense default settings. What did they even add this "Ideas" tab for lol? It's useless.

[Haley Walker]

It’s 2024, and I’m still astounded that Premiere still doesn’t have this very basic safety feature to prevent erasing your own work.

The “Trim” tab in the Preferences menu still has a lot of space! There should be a check box that says “Prevent trimming or deleting clips by dragging another clip on top”, under the one that says “Playhead position determines trim monitor loop playback”. I thought Adobe was supposed to be industry standard.