Premiere 26.5 · Fixed bug
Spacebar playback steals focus from Text panel transcript
Fixed in Premiere 27.0, according to Adobe’s release notes. The bug was reported for Premiere 26.5.1.
- Status
- Fixed in 27.0
- Severity
- Major
- Affects
- Common workflow
- System
- Windows and macOS
The fix · Premiere 27.0
“Pressing Spacebar to start playback while the Text panel had focus could move focus to the Timeline, preventing words in the Transcript tab from being navigated or edited with the arrow and Return keys.”Adobe’s release notes
Workaround · if you stay on Premiere 26.5
Edit the Source clip transcript instead of the sequence transcript so focus stays in the Text panel during playback.
Timeline
- Sep 28, 2026Reported on Premiere 26.5.1
- Nov 10, 2026Fixed in Premiere 27.0per Adobe’s release notes
The report
3 votes · 8 replies
Reported on Windows by 1 person, on macOS by 1 (from the report and 8 replies).
“Text panel: after starting playback with Spacebar, keyboard focus leaves the Transcript tab; arrow keys step the Timeline by frame and Return no longer edits the selected word”
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