# How to read a selected clip edge / edit point in the timeline?

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**Category:** Premiere Pro\
**Tags:** uxp\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-read-a-selected-clip-edge-edit-point-in-the-timeline/12251 "2026-10-02T04:33:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![MoisesNavarroSolera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/moisesnavarrosolera/32/5188_2.png) [@MoisesNavarroSolera](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/MoisesNavarroSolera)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-read-a-selected-clip-edge-edit-point-in-the-timeline/12251/1 "2026-10-02T04:33:01Z")

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Hi all, it’s me again 🙂 . When I click a clip’s start or end (edge) in the timeline (edit point / trim selection), the API shows nothing:

- sequence.getSelection().getTrackItems() returns 0 items
- getIsSelected() is false on every clip
- SequenceEvent.ClipSelectionChanged fires (3 events in a burst), but the event only has the sequence name and id, with no track, clip, time or side
- the playhead doesn’t move

So a plugin can’t tell which edge or cut is selected, and can’t copy Premiere’s Apply Default Transition behavior (between 2 clips, start only, end only).

Is there a way to read the selected edit point (track item + start/end side), or can ClipSelectionChanged include it? Or a way to run Apply Default Transition from a plugin?

Thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![MoisesNavarroSolera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/moisesnavarrosolera/32/5188_2.png) [@MoisesNavarroSolera](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/MoisesNavarroSolera)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-read-a-selected-clip-edge-edit-point-in-the-timeline/12251/2 "2026-10-23T11:09:10Z")

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@clegleiter if you don’t mind what do you think about this? Thank you in advance