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Dave MP
Dave MP
Known Participant
October 13, 2025

Timeline Scrollbar is broken in v25.5

  • October 13, 2025
  • 3 replies
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After the latest update the horizontal scrollbar at the bottom of the timeline is bugged.

As soon as you adjust the length of a compostion, the scrollbar glitches out and you can no longer scroll to the end of the composition. Only by adjusting the zoom level of the timeline does the scrollbar then somehow fix itself. Speaking of the timeline zoom, the zoom level will randomly changes to full frame-level zoom when navigating through a comp timeline.

 

Set up is: After Effects 25.5.0 Build 4, Windows 11 Home 24H2 (26100.6584)

 

This same problem happens on two completely separate PC's

    3 replies

    BrigitteRoars2
    BrigitteRoars2
    Participating Frequently
    May 13, 2026

    Just to add, since installing the latest update the scrollbars now also intermittently do nothing when I click on them at any level of zoom, even on a new project. Sometimes if I click on them repeatedly they start working. Very bizarre and frustrating. I’m just updating Tahoe now to see if it helps.

    Dave MP
    Dave MPAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 1, 2026

    6 months later we are at Version 26.2.1 and the the timeline scroll bar is still broken.

    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Nishu KushwahaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 5, 2026

    Hi ​@Dave MP,

     

    Sorry for the delayed response. Do you mind sharing a screen recording of the issue so we can better understand it?

    Looking forward to your response.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

    Dave MP
    Dave MPAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 7, 2026

    Here’s a recording. The timeline also randomly changes to full zoom when using the scrollbar.

    BrigitteRoars2
    BrigitteRoars2
    Participating Frequently
    February 1, 2026

    Same issue here in v26.0.0 on a Macbook Pro M1 Max (2021).

    It’s been annoying since v25.5 and I’d love a fix for it.

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