Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac

Updated 2026-11-03 · by the mouzeclick team

The official list of Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts is Adobe's own Default keyboard shortcuts page in the Premiere user guide, checked 3 November 2026. This page doesn't reprint Adobe's keys from memory. It shows where to find and change them, the keys mouzeclick adds (we make it), and how to put any Premiere shortcut on a mouse button, gesture or wheel on Windows or Mac.

Adobe's official list is the Default keyboard shortcuts page in the Premiere user guide (checked 3 November 2026).
Adobe now calls Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere. The single-app plan starts at US$22.99/mo, annual, billed monthly, first year only, for new subscribers (US page, 3 November 2026).
mouzeclick's Windows library holds 153 Premiere Pro shortcuts (309 across all editors), ready for a button, gesture or wheel.
Each mouse button has eleven slots: tap, hold and move in four directions, a chord with another button, or hold and scroll.
The mouse app, wheels and gestures run on Windows and Mac. The workspaces, captions, Retakes, cloud sync and in-app updates are Windows only.

Where is the official list of Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts?

Adobe keeps it in the Premiere user guide, on its Default keyboard shortcuts page. The same guide lists a Customize keyboard shortcuts page, and Adobe's keyboard shortcuts help page sits beside it. Those are the only sources we treat as final.

We checked both on 3 November 2026, and we don't retype Adobe's keys here. A list retyped from memory is how wrong shortcuts spread from blog to blog, and one wrong key in a list you rely on costs more than a lookup.

The product name has moved too. Adobe says Premiere Pro is now called Adobe Premiere, one name for the family of apps on desktop and mobile. The help pages still sit under a premiere-pro address, so search for either name.

How to use Adobe's list well:

Open the Default keyboard shortcuts page and find the commands you use most.
Check each key inside your own copy of Premiere before you learn it. Your version, and any keys you have changed, decide what a key really does.
Write down the ten or so you press all day. Those are the ones worth moving to a mouse button or a wheel, covered further down.

For the cut, razor and ripple delete keys, see our page on Premiere Pro cut and ripple delete shortcuts. For Resolve, CapCut, Final Cut Pro and the rest, see video editing keyboard shortcuts in every editor.

Are Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts different on a Mac?

This page doesn't list Adobe's Mac keys, so check each one in Premiere on your Mac rather than converting Windows keys in your head. Premiere itself runs on both systems: Adobe says its free trial works on macOS and Windows.

When we built the Mac side of mouzeclick's shortcut library, we converted every Windows key the same way, Ctrl to Command and Alt to Option, and marked each entry "verify in your app". Treat that as a first guess, and test each key once before you rely on it.

Windows	Mac, in our library	What to do
`Ctrl`	`Command`	Converted automatically; press it once in Premiere to confirm
`Alt`	`Option`	Converted automatically; press it once in Premiere to confirm
`F8` and `F9` (mouzeclick wheels)	`Fn` + `F8` and `Fn` + `F9` on a MacBook keyboard	Or turn on "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys"
`F10` (Tool wheel)	`F10` or a held right button	Or set any key or mouse button as the trigger

The library itself differs by system. On Windows it holds 309 shortcuts, 153 of them for Premiere Pro. On a Mac, the Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects entries are there, converted as above; don't count on Resolve or CapCut entries on a Mac. Anything missing can be recorded by hand on either system.

Which keys does mouzeclick add inside Premiere Pro? (we make it)

Three wheel keys, a few Toolbar and Search effects keys, and one emergency stop. We make mouzeclick, so these are our keys, not Adobe's. They sit on top of Premiere's own set and don't replace it.

Open and close a wheel

Action	Windows	macOS	Note
Options wheel	`F8`	`F8` (`Fn` + `F8` on a MacBook)	48 favourites per app on rings of 12, 16 and 20; middle-click steps out a ring
Orbit switch	`F9`	`F9` (`Fn` + `F9` on a MacBook)	Open apps as icons, last used first, up to 12 on a ring
Tool wheel	`F10` or a held right button	`F10` or a held right button	Premiere Pro and After Effects only; 112 Premiere tools in 12 segments
Cancel the Options wheel	`Esc` or the same button	`Esc` or the same button	On the Tool wheel, release in the centre to cancel

Every trigger can be changed. The Options wheel also opens on Ctrl + right click or a side button, one trigger for all apps or one per app. The Tool wheel opens on any key or mouse button, or on a held right button after a delay you set from 80 to 600 ms; a quick right click still opens Premiere's own menu.

Find and apply tools

Action	Windows	macOS	Note
Find a Toolbar tool	`/` or `Ctrl`+`F`	`/` (a Command equivalent: Not published)	The mouzeclick Toolbar is sold as 14 tools
Run a pinned Toolbar tool	`1` to `9`	`1` to `9`	Pin tools to keys 1–9
Apply an effect in Search effects	`Enter`	`Enter`	Every installed effect and transition, audio and plug-ins included
Apply and pin to the Tool wheel	`Shift`+`Enter`	`Shift`+`Enter`	Your 12 most recent picks come first, then exact and word-start matches

Stop everything

Ctrl+Alt+F12 stops mouzeclick at once on Windows. A Mac equivalent is not published.

How do I zoom the timeline, fast forward or loop playback in Premiere Pro?

Read the keys for timeline zoom, zoom to fit, faster playback and looping on Adobe's Default keyboard shortcuts page for your version; we don't print keys we haven't checked. What we can tell you exactly is how to put those commands where your hand already rests.

Zoom the timeline with the scroll wheel

In mouzeclick, scroll and tilt can each run their own action, per app, and every button has a hold-and-scroll slot. One layout that works: hold Mouse 5 and scroll up for Premiere's zoom-in key, hold Mouse 5 and scroll down for zoom-out, and tilt the wheel for zoom to fit. You only fill the slots you choose, so plain scrolling keeps doing what it did before.

Pick the command from the library's 153 Premiere Pro entries on Windows if it is there, or record the key yourself. A shortcut you record sits beside the built-in ones in the picker.

Don't mix this up with picture zoom. The Premiere Tool wheel's zoom tools act on the picture, not the timeline: punch in, slow zoom, Fill frame (no black bars) and a shake that dies away.

Play, fast forward and step through frames

The app's "Add editing gestures" button fills a gesture button's empty directions with editing moves: up plays, down splits, left undoes, right moves one frame forward. Hold the button and flick right a few times to step through frames without looking down. If you shuttle a lot, put the playback keys from Adobe's list on the hold-and-scroll slot of the same button.

Loop playback

Loop playback is a command you need now and then but hunt for every time, which makes it a good Options wheel item. The wheel holds 48 favourites per app on three rings of 12, 16 and 20. Put loop and the other playback commands you use on the inner ring, and middle-click out to the larger rings for the rest.

How do I change or reset Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts?

Adobe documents this on its Customize keyboard shortcuts page in the Premiere user guide. We don't quote its menu path or steps here; see our guide to changing Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts.

Before you change anything, decide where the change should live. There are three places, and they don't overlap:

Place	What it changes	Windows / Mac	Good for
Premiere's own shortcut set	The key Premiere answers to for a command	Both (Premiere runs on both)	Keys you type on the keyboard all day
mouzeclick hotkeys	Any action on any key combination, per app; a hotkey can also block a combination an app keeps stealing	Both	Macros, typed text, launches and chains of keys and clicks
Tool wheel label shortcuts	With Premiere closed, mouzeclick writes the sixteen label-colour shortcuts into Premiere's own shortcut file and keeps a backup	Both, with the Tool wheel	Colour-coding clips from a 4 × 4 grid on the wheel

Your other mouzeclick mappings live in its profile for Premiere. Each app gets its own profile, so a key you remap for Premiere does not follow you into Chrome or Photoshop.

A practical order: learn Adobe's defaults first, change only the ones that clash with your hands, then move the ten you use most onto the mouse. Keeping Premiere's set close to default also makes Adobe's help pages, tutorials and a colleague's machine match what you know.

How do I put Premiere Pro shortcuts on mouse buttons?

Open mouzeclick, switch to Premiere, pick a button slot and choose a shortcut from the library or record your own. Buttons work per app: Mouse 4 can cut a clip in Premiere, switch tabs in Chrome and paste everywhere else, and it changes the moment you switch windows. The full walk-through is on Premiere Pro mouse shortcuts on any mouse; here is the short version.

Install mouzeclick on Windows 10 or 11, or macOS 12 or newer, and paste your key. On a Mac, follow the four Mac install steps, including Accessibility and Input Monitoring.
Press each mouse button once. The settings page is built around the buttons your mouse really has: up to five (left, right, middle, Mouse 4 and Mouse 5), plus scroll and tilt.
Choose the Premiere Pro profile. The editors come with ready-made profiles.
Fill slots from the library, or record a shortcut. On a Mac, the Premiere entries are converted from Windows keys and marked "verify in your app".
For the Tool wheel, press Install Premiere bridge on the app's Tool wheel page, restart Premiere and keep mouzeclick running.

Slot	How you trigger it	A good Premiere use	Windows / Mac
Tap	Press and release a button	The command you press most, such as a cut	Both
Hold	Press and keep it down	A second command on the same button	Both
Four directions	Hold and move up, down, left or right	Play, split, undo and one frame forward	Both
Chord	Hold one button, press another	Commands you need daily but not every minute	Both
Hold and scroll	Hold a button and scroll	Timeline zoom in and out	Both
Options wheel	`F8`, `Ctrl` + right click or a side button	48 favourites: commands, macros, typed text	Both
Tool wheel	`F10` or a held right button	Installed effects, 16 label colours, 8 marker colours, nine anchors, Fill frame	Both

Any button can be the gesture button, left and right included. A quick tap still clicks; holding and moving runs the gesture. You build the Tool wheel yourself: drag tools onto segments, rename them, give them icons and colours, and lock finished ones.

The current app betas also bring ready-made wheels for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop and CapCut. They are not in a stable release yet. If you edit on a Logitech mouse, see an MX Master in Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Why is my mouse not working in Premiere Pro?

If your mapped buttons do nothing in Premiere, check elevation, permissions, the connection and the bridge, in that order. Each has one fix.

Premiere runs as administrator (Windows). Apps running as administrator ignore apps that are not elevated. Pick Restart as administrator in mouzeclick's tray menu.
Mac permissions. Turn on mouzeclick under Accessibility and Input Monitoring, then quit it and open it again. Apple has not notarized the Mac app yet, so the first time it opens, macOS asks you to allow it.
No internet. mouzeclick needs a connection while it runs, because the licence and profiles live in your account. If the connection drops, the shortcuts pause and the mouse acts normally until it returns.
The Tool wheel won't open. It works only in Premiere Pro and After Effects, needs the bridge installed from the app's Tool wheel page, and needs Premiere restarted after that. If you open it with a held right button, hold longer than the delay you set: a quick right click still opens Premiere's own menu.
Paid time ended. The app pauses and the mouse works as a normal mouse.
You pressed Ctrl+Alt+F12. That stops mouzeclick at once on Windows.
Pointer speed feels wrong. mouzeclick never touches DPI, polling rate, sensor, battery, lighting or firmware. Those stay with your mouse maker's software.

Side buttons that do nothing in any app, with or without mouzeclick, are a different problem: see mouse side buttons not working.

Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

mouzeclick is for the editor who already knows the keys and wants them under one hand. It does not replace Adobe's list. If you work keyboard-only, Premiere's own shortcut customisation comes with Premiere and may be all you need.

One plan covers everything: the mouse app and its three wheels, every Premiere Pro tool and every After Effects extension, for $25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys. The free trial is 3 days with no card, and every Premiere Pro and After Effects tool works fully during it. See plans and the free trial.

Inside Premiere, shortcuts are half of it. The Premiere Pro and After Effects tools add both Tool wheels, Search effects and the mouzeclick Toolbar. Studio and the eight Premiere Pro extensions add silence removal, Unnest and safe-zone guides.

Windows and Mac: the mouse app, gestures, macros, the Options wheel, Orbit switch and both Tool wheels, the 8 Premiere Pro extensions, the Toolbar, Search effects, and Studio's Silence, Timeline and Guides tabs.
Windows only: the two workspace panels, auto, styled and Hinglish captions, Retakes, cloud sync and in-app updates. The Mac app does not include the workspaces.

For more on what to move off the keyboard, read how to edit faster in Premiere Pro and the shortcuts and key mapping hub.

Put your Premiere shortcuts on your mouse, free for 3 days. One plan with everything included, $25 a month, or $249 for a year.

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Questions people ask

Is there a Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts PDF?

The official list we point to is Adobe's Default keyboard shortcuts web page in the Premiere user guide, checked 3 November 2026; we have not confirmed an official Adobe PDF. For paper, print that page to PDF from your browser. A short personal sheet is often more useful: the ten keys you press all day, and where you moved each one on your mouse or wheel.

Are the shortcuts the same in Adobe Premiere and Premiere Pro?

Adobe Premiere is the new name, not a new desktop app. Adobe says Premiere Pro is now simply called Adobe Premiere, a name for the family of apps on desktop and mobile. The free mobile app is a separate social video editor for iPhone and Android. For the desktop app, check each key against the Default keyboard shortcuts page and your installed version.

How much does Premiere Pro cost in November 2026?

On Adobe's US page on 3 November 2026, the Premiere single-app plan starts at US$22.99/mo, annual, billed monthly, first year only, for new subscribers. Creative Cloud Pro, with Premiere and 20+ more apps, showed US$34.99/mo for the first 3 months, then US$69.99/mo, new subscribers only. There is no perpetual licence: Premiere is sold only as a membership.

Can I try Premiere and mouzeclick on a Mac before paying?

Yes. Adobe says the Premiere free trial works on both macOS and Windows, with no charge until it ends and a full refund if you cancel up to 14 days after. mouzeclick's trial is 3 days with no card, and the days start the first time you open the app with the key, so you can line the two trials up.

Can I zoom the Premiere timeline with the mouse scroll wheel?

Yes, with mouzeclick. Put Premiere's zoom-in and zoom-out keys on a hold-and-scroll slot, for example hold Mouse 5 and scroll. Tilt can carry zoom to fit. Plain scrolling keeps working as before unless you map it. Read the exact zoom keys on Adobe's Default keyboard shortcuts page for your version, then pick them from the library or record them.

How do I fast forward in Premiere Pro with a mouse?

Put the playback keys from Adobe's list on gestures or a hold-and-scroll slot. mouzeclick's Add editing gestures button fills a gesture button's empty directions: up plays, down splits, left undoes and right moves one frame forward. Flick right repeatedly to step through frames. This runs on Windows and Mac, on any mouse with the buttons you assign.

Do my Premiere mouse shortcuts follow me to another computer?

On Windows, cloud sync carries profiles, gestures, hotkeys and every wheel to any Windows computer you sign in on; the look stays on each machine. Cloud sync is Windows only. A setup can also be shared as a link. One key runs on one computer at a time, so release the old computer from the account page or the app before moving.

Does mouzeclick work with any mouse in Premiere Pro?

It works with any mouse your computer sees, wired, wireless or Bluetooth, using up to five standard buttons plus scroll and tilt. There is no driver. It never changes DPI, polling rate or firmware; those stay with the mouse maker's software. On first run you press each button once, and the settings are built around the buttons you really have.

Does mouzeclick change Premiere's own keyboard shortcuts?

It writes to Premiere's own shortcut file for one job: the Tool wheel's label colours. With Premiere closed, mouzeclick writes the sixteen label shortcuts into that file and keeps a backup. Your buttons, gestures, hotkeys and wheels live in mouzeclick's profile for Premiere, so each app keeps its own setup.

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