Left Click Stuck

Question

Hello all. I've been running into an issue where when I left click on anything (property, layer, effect, etc.) the left click seems to get stuck in the click state, therefore dragging whatever I grabbed indefinitely. The only way to release it is if I left click on a separate Ae panel (i.e. from Composition to Project panel). Super frustrating and slowing down my workflow. It happens in all projects, but only happens in Ae. No other software is effected. So far I've tried:

resetting all preferences (including going back to the default preferences, multiple times)
restarting the machine (both a general restart and a complete shutdown)
starting Ae in safe mode
migrating previous verions preferences
using different mice

Any thoughts? And of course I have multiple plugins from reputable developers, and not anything that stands out as super recent that may be causing this issue. I'm going to go through those next.

I'm currently running:

Mac OS Sonoma 14.5 on an M1 Max MacBook Pro
After Effects 24.5.0 (Build 52)

safia_7790 · Answer

Since it only happens in After Effects a plugin or small bug may be causing it. Try removing all plugins and open After Effects again. Check if the mouse works normally. Also look for software updates. If nothing helps uninstall and install After Effects again to fix the problem.

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