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"Used in..." dropdown menu in Project panel hindered functionality

Explorer ,
Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025

In Short: Limited ability to locate an instance of an asset in the project 
Since when
: this has been going on for years in After Effects on Mac.

Situation: Select any object in the Project panel, and next to the preview icon at the panel's top, click the dropdown menu to see a list of all the instances where the object is used throughout the project.
The problem: this list is greyed out, you can't click any object on the list in order to see its instance in the target composotion.

Workaround: attempting this and then switching to another application and immediately back to Efter Effects, makes the list clickable.

Problem with workaround: this solution is temporary and needs to be repeated every time I click the menu.

 

thanks!

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Adobe Employee , Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025

What version of AE are you seeing this on? We fixed this problem recently in 25.6. 

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025

What version of AE are you seeing this on? We fixed this problem recently in 25.6. 

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Explorer ,
Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025

Gosh, something bothers me for years, but when then when I finally find the commitment to put it into words, YOU FIXED IT ALREADY!
I just updated AE and the magic is back!
Yup, thanks a lot 😄

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025
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Awesome. 🙂 

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