Make subtitle line match clip length

Suggestion
1

I’ve been using the subtitle feature a lot lately and I realised one time consuming thing I do very often is to resize the current subtitle line to the length of the clip below it. Currently adding a new line seems to default to a 2 second subtitle length (which I personally think should be 3 seconds, but it depends a lot on the type of video) so I have to resize it after every single new line.

I think either a keyboard shortcut (which would change an existing line) or a new checkmark in the subtitle panel’s options to default new lines to the length of the clip directly below it would be very helpful.

2

If there are multiple video and audio tracks, would it only look at the topmost track?

3

Oh that’s a good question, I’d say prioritise the selected clip, then check if there’s a clip starting exactly at that point (just in case there’s a long overlay that spans multiple clips), otherwise use topmost clip found at trackhead.

Edit: hmm, actually, if nothing is selected then the nearest clip (either start or ending point) to the trackhead.