'Effect Controls' panel goes away after making any change in it.

Usually in Multicam situations, I'll start using a mask or changing the position of a clip in the Effect Controls panel, and as soon as I make any adjustment to anything in the Effect Controls panel, my timeline is instantly unselected and the Effect Control panel I was in goes away, and I then have to click on the video in the timeline to open it again. Can't express how much time this glitch causes me.

This is what it looks like: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/22d65f73-6090-4f94-5465-da928a5dae5d

This happens with any sequence settings, codec, frame rate and pixel dimensions, etc., so that doesn't seem to be a factor. I work with all sorts of clips, coming from all kinds of mediums.

Been seeing this problem for 2 years or more.

HP Z440 Workstation
OS: Windows 10 Pro - 18363
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GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M4000

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