The problem: The region around a timeline transition where you can mouse-to-distinguish between AB Roll, A-side, B-side, and clip-select modes is a little on the narrow side (approx 14px for A-Trims, 12px for AB-Trims, 21px B-Trims) (Demo) Even smaller if you try to do as trim flag in the vicinity of clip label (Demo) This is no big deal when you're working with a single transition -- one wrong click can be fixed with followup. But when it comes to setting up a complex, multi-track asymmetric trim, one errant mouse click can topple your best intentions like a house of cards. It's a source of never-ending micro-agro time suck. You're 8 clicks in to a 13-track trim, flags facing forward, backward, a the perfect feathered edit at the tips of your fingers, when -- vaffan$#@thwak! - you AB trimmed Audio 9, or segment-selected video 3, and you have to start over. (Demo) To make matters worse the very context where you tend to set up a lot of trim flags (tall timelines + short tracks + asymmetric trims) is exactly the time and place where a mis-click results in the greatest setback. Feature requests: 1 - Allow users to adjust the size of the trim mode activation regions in, say the Preferences > Trim... settings (Setting demo below) 2 - Auto enlarge that region once a first trim flag has been set. The moment an editor starts setting up flags, they generally keep setting up flags, so having Premiere reflect that with larger activator regions might be really helpful and intuitive. 3 - Make that auto enlarge feature something users can adjust in Preferences > Trim...
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