Creating a text layer with the expression 'thisLayer.name' on sourceText and Changing font size changes the layer name

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Steps to recreate:-Create a Comp-Create a text layer (point or paragraph doesn’t matter)-Type in something like test01, or test6, or MyLayer72 (Must have a number at the end)-On the layers SourceText add the expression: thisLayer.name-Duplicate the layer at least 2 times (1 time does not appear to recreate the issue)-Highlight the duplicated layers and change the font size.  The name of the selected layers will start climbingWorks in ‘Legacy ExtendScript’ and ‘Javascript Expression’ engine.Can recreate it in After Effects 26.0.0 and 25.1.0 Windows

matthewm25142564 · Accepted Answer

I upgraded my AE to 26.5.0 - Issue isn’t present there.

I had tested it on 2 different machines before posting but they were running <26.0.0 so I guess that’s probably the solution.

Thanks Dan for the reply and taking the time to look at the issue!

Dan Ebberts · Answer

I can’t replicate this behavior, but when you let your layer takeon the default name of your text and the text ends in a number like that, the number does get bumped when you duplicate the layer. It doesn’t sound like that’s what’s happening to you, but I can’t get any unexpected behavior when I change the font size of the selected duplicate layers. This is on 26.5.0.

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