Make ‘timeline focus’ and ‘next timeline tab’ 2 seperate shortcuts
I edit with keyboard concentrating on pic & sound output, the less I look at screen the better
I also use macros
For both reasons anything that requires observing the UI state before knowing the outcome of a key press is a PITA
e.g. some keystrokes require a particular pane be focussed (which is painful in itself) but the keystroke to bring that pane into focus has a DIFFERENT effect if the pane already had focus.
‘Focus timeline’ is one example. If timeline does not have focus it does give it focus. However if it does have focus then the shortcut selects the next timeline tab, thus requiring me to keep pressing until I cycle back to the correct timeline. This should be an entirely different shortcut
Trevor Asquerthian
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Pierre Louis Beranek
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UPDATE: actually it IS possible to create Macros that use the Window>Timelines keyboard shortcut and have the same result every time (see illustration). You just need to add an extra command first such as Window>Projects BEFORE the command for Window>Timelines. This way, whether the Timeline is or isn't the active window when the macro is used, the result is always the same. It's a simple enough workaround, but how many people are going to get Excalibur and program something like this? Pr has tons of shortcuts already. Unfortunately, lots of them are horribly programmed and several key shortcuts are still missing.
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Pierre Louis Beranek
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I agree with you 100% Trevor! I was just about to post my own FR for this but found your post first.
The fact that the keyboard-shortcut-assignable function of Window>Timelines works differently depending on if that window is already active or not is completely nonsensical since it makes it impossible to create usable Macros.
I tried creating Macros so that my Logitech 604 mouse's scroll wheel can go to the previous/next edit point when clicking it left or right. Assigning just those basic functions works fine, but ONLY if the Timeline is the active window. If I try using those mouse shortcuts while any other window is active, they don't work. Simple enought to solve, right?... just create a 2 step macro: 1) Set focus on Timeline + 2) Go to previous (or next) edit point.
BUT, those simple macros don't work properly because if the Timeline is already the active window when using them, rather than going to the previous or next edit point in the current sequence, it does so in the next sequence any time 2 or more sequences are open. Frustrating!
Considering that Pr has hundreds of keyboard-shortcut-assignable functions, it's a real shame that 'Timeline focus' and 'Next timeline tab' don't have separate shortcuts. And for people that want those two functions to have the same shortcut, Pr should allow them to assign the same shortcut to both functions once separated.
Sadly though, it appears that Adobe has no interest in tackling legitimate FRs like this one since they're too busy dumbing down Pr's interface as they've done with the new export window.
