Text selection and replacement bug

Question

This has been occuring for over a year now. So it's been through multiple updates. See the video for an example of the bug in action.

Description: I want to edit an existing text layer. I click the text inside the composition window once and highlight the text I would like to change. I begin typing and the new text is added to the beginning of the text statement and not replacing the highlighted text. If I then highlight the text again, the replacment occurs as expected.

This is a huge time waste and has led to copy errors when I have been too quick to edit during short deadlines.

Anyone experiencing the same thing?

Macbook Pro M1 Max. Sequois 15.7.3. After Effects 25.6.4.

64GB RAM.

mike_2868 · Accepted Answer

Hi Nishu,

After troubleshooting some more, I can easily reproduce the issue now and have found the fault. It's Animation Composer v4.0.1 or higher. If I roll back to 3.x.x this issue, and another one that occurs frequently in which I get the error "having to focus on ourselves (76 ::59)" if I double-click the text, goes away. Any version after 4.0.1 re-creates the issues. Interestingly, it's only if I have the Animation Composer window open or docked in AE. If I close the AC panel everywhere the issue goes away.

I wonder if the Mister Horse/AC team knows about this?

nishu_kush · Answer

That is really strange! Is it happening with a specific font? For testing, can you run After Effects in Safe Mode with third-party plug-ins disabled?

Let me know how it goes. Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.

Thanks,
Nishu

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