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Cant select last letter in a line of text - After Effects v 22.1.x and v22.x

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March 28, 2022
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Hello, I have an issue in AE where if I click and drag on a line of text it wont let me select the last letter, this happens if I click and drag left, or right. I have no idea what is causing this.

I thought it was the GPU - I have an Zotac RTX3080 I swapped it out for an RTX 3070 and am still having the same issue. I uninstalled AE Juice as that seems to cause random problems with AE now, and am struggling to figure out what may be causing this.

I have a Core i9 10920x an Asus Rog X299E mother board, 64gb of Ram DDR 3600 (XMP is on) and the Zotac RTX 3080 - I have updated graphics drivers and still no luck.

I was running two 4K monitors, and have unplugged on thinking that maybe that was an issue, but no luck.

Please help. I am losing my mind with this problem.

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Correct answer Rameez_Khan

Hi all,

After Effects 23.0, released a few hours ago, has fixed this issue.

Thanks,

Rameez

jorge albertob79904233

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I have the same problem in 2024, 2.24 Version. Super annoying!.

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zwick-sd

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So do I, 2024.3 (Build 50)

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defaultvotof0om4bd6

Participant

Place your cursor on the text line you want to highlight. Hold shift and arrow left or right to highlight each individual letter. It's a workaround but it's my current solution.

Rameez_KhanCorrect answer

Legend

Hi all,

After Effects 23.0, released a few hours ago, has fixed this issue.

Thanks,

Rameez

Trevor 5C79

Participant

Thank you Rameez! Just checked it out and it does work!

Trevor 5C79

Participant

Just an FYI, I just updated AE (Oct 12, 2022), and the issue is still there for me, even though Rameez mentioned (back in Sept) it should be updated in the next release. Not really surprised.

compingnick

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i do sometimes wonder if adobe ever use there own software on a daily basis. if they did they would pick on all the little things and fix them rather than adding pointless features that no-one asked for. the fix , i think the fix will take place in the next main version rather than a mini update.

Josh mehler

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I agree 100%. Photoshop was DONE, COMPLETE, GREAT, 10 years ago. AE was fine the way it was 5 years ago, until they release new versions that break text editing (of ALL things). But, really, Adobe could stop making updates other than just to keep up with operating systems.

Terry5FF7

Known Participant

Same problem here. v22.6.0 (build 64).

I can't believe the amount of editing time that I have to waste researching Adobe issues.

compingnick

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The best way to get around it is to add a space after the last letter. It's annoying but at least you can highlight the text as normal when you need to.

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puzzzls

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That is not a practical workaround as it will affect the positioning of a line. Plus it doesn't help when you are trying to tweak kerning in the middle of a line. The only way to get around is to use the arrow key to move to the right of the letter you need - then command click to the left of the first letter. It is time consuming and aggravating. Can't believe this hasn't been fixed in the public version.

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default73vw57ovgbpn

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Myself and all students in my classes are having this exact problem.

Rameez_Khan

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Hi @default73vw57ovgbpn

Sorry to hear this! I understand it is frustrating for you and the students.
You won't experience this issue in the next After Effects update.

For now, you can use other methods to select text — keyboard shortcuts and triple-clicking the mouse works.

Best,

Rameez

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Darrell5E64

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I downloaded 22.6, and end of text block selection worked for a day or 2, and now I again cannot select last character. Not Happy!!

Rameez_Khan

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Hi @Darrell5E64

This issue is not fixed in After Effects 22.6. Sorry about that!

It's fixed in After Effects Beta version 23.0.0.25 and higher. Can you try that and let us know if it works as expected?

Please note that the Beta is a separate install. It won't replace your existing version of After Effects.

Thanks,

Rameez

Rameez_Khan

Legend

Hi all,

I see a lot of people want to get an update on this. Hence, I want to provide more clarity.

I want to reiterate that this bug has been fixed in Beta (version 23.0.0.25 and higher). Usually, when a fix is available in Beta, you won't experience the issue in the next public version. Sorry, I don't have an exact date for the next release, but all I can say is it is coming soon.

Workaround: Use the keyboard shortcuts (Command + A) or triple-click the mouse to select the entire text string.

Thank you, everyone, for your patience on this.

Rameez

JBrown321

Known Participant

That is great that it's fixed in the beta, but when we are doing paid client work, we can't risk using beta software. It would be one thing had this issue not been fixed on a public release prior, but knowing that is was makes this all the more frustrating. Whatever they did in 22.4 worked! so I don't undertand why in the world this is taking so long and getting pushed back. Adobe has a fix for this, so please adobe, put it in a public release so that we're not stuck relying on beta.