Premiere Pro · Snap
View
Windows · Linux
SMac
SBoth systems use the same combination.
Turns timeline snapping on and off — the thing that makes a dragged clip click cleanly against its neighbour or the playhead. One-frame gaps that show as a black flash on playback are almost always this being off.
- Group
- View
- Keys held
- 1
In Premiere Pro the same key does different things depending on which panel holds focus — when a shortcut seems to do nothing, focus is usually on the Program Monitor or the Project panel rather than the timeline.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Snap in Premiere Pro?
Turns timeline snapping on and off — the thing that makes a dragged clip click cleanly against its neighbour or the playhead. One-frame gaps that show as a black flash on playback are almost always this being off. It is S on Windows and S on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, S on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under View in Premiere Pro.