Selected text becomes deselected when entering Edit PDF mode

I’m using Adobe Acrobat Pro Continuous Release Version 2026.001.21691 (Enterprise) on Windows 11, and I’m running into an issue when trying to edit text.

I select text on the page, then choose Edit Text from the popup menu. This opens the Edit Tools pane, but the pane only shows Modify Page, Add Content, and More.

When I click Text under Add Content to display the Format Text options, the text I originally selected becomes deselected. The highlight disappears, and Acrobat no longer shows that the text is active or ready for editing.

I also tried holding Ctrl to select the entire page and then clicking Edit Text, but the text still becomes deselected as soon as the Format Text category opens.

I tested this on multiple PDF files (including files I created myself), and the exact same behavior occurs, so it doesn’t appear to be file‑specific.

Is this normal behavior? Previously I had issues where the Tools pane wasn’t displaying correctly, so I’m trying to determine whether this is a software problem or expected functionality. It seems counterproductive to select text first, only for Acrobat to immediately deselect it.

Has anyone else experienced this, and is there a fix or setting that affects this behavior?