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selecting text with cursor omits last character

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February 15, 2022
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When using my cursor to highlight text, the last character will always be omitted from the selection. See my example video. AE version 22.2.0, Windows 10, latest Nvidia Driver

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Correct answer Douglas_Waterfall

This discussion is a duplicate of cant-select-last-letter-in-a-line-of-text-after-effects which has more current status.

Summary: a fix is available in the current Beta build for 23.0, it will be available in the next full release when it becomes available. See above link for more information if you desire it.

It has been a frustrating problem for many customers, software engineers as well. I believe it to be resolved and we have had no negative reports from internal or beta users, though that is not always definitive, so expecting good reports when it goes live in the next full release.

Douglas Waterfall

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Douglas_WaterfallCorrect answer

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This discussion is a duplicate of cant-select-last-letter-in-a-line-of-text-after-effects which has more current status.

Summary: a fix is available in the current Beta build for 23.0, it will be available in the next full release when it becomes available. See above link for more information if you desire it.

It has been a frustrating problem for many customers, software engineers as well. I believe it to be resolved and we have had no negative reports from internal or beta users, though that is not always definitive, so expecting good reports when it goes live in the next full release.

Douglas Waterfall

After Effects Engineering

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michaelc29789176

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Thanks for sharing that with me Douglas. Good to hear.

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michaelc29789176

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If someone from Adobe could even acknowledge that this is an issue and that they're working on it that would be great.

This is making my job a lot worse than it needs to be.

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Warren Heaton10841144

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@michaelc29789176

Adobe employees have been responding to this thread on a regular basis.

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michaelc29789176

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I must’ve missed that. Has anyone said anything useful?

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JLaRoche

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Are you ever going to fix this problem. You act like you don't even know about it. It's been well over 30 days since the last update that did not fix it!! Do I sound frustrated?

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Carti_P

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+1! Also unable to click beyond last character, highlight last character, or use the shift+ right arrow trick as described. Makes working with text super frustrating. PLEASE FIX

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michaelc29789176

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I'll add that whenever I start typing, the first character is always omitted.

This is in addition to not being able to place the cursor after the last character to continue typing, nor dragging to hilight all of the text without omitting the last character.

Major issue.

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chrishoulahan

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This happens for me also.... major pain

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michaelc29789176

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Working with text is an integral part of AE. This is unacceptable.

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Thierry5C74

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Struggled all year with that bug. We do a lot of text animation at the TV Station and it make everything difficult. It's a big bug. Not a small one.

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Warren Heaton10841144

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@Thierry5C74

Until this gets resolved, double-click the Text Layer in the Composition panel or in the Timeline panel to quickly select the entire line.

JBrown321Author

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When you need to select just the last character, this double click does not help in any way. Adobe needs to get their priorities in order before more of us jump ship.

debaugh

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Problem is still present on AE Version 22.6.0 (Build 64) for Windows. Add a text layer and then manually select the text using the mouse or trackpad and the last character is not included in the selection, making edits and property changes unnecessarily difficult for users that focus on mouse/trackpad usage. Doesn't make a difference when selecting from last character to first or first character to last, regardless of font family. The "Select All" menu command and keys (Ctrl+A) do work correctly. This needs to get fixed.

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default6umg0hlyy4uu

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version after version, update after update, this issue remain...! It is really a shame...
Adobe takes advantage of its dominant position in the market in a disgusting way by letting its apps accumulate bugs. Updates only seem to be cosmetic interventions now. Ashamed...

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Like_Minded

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Glad to see that this has been ackonowledged as it's driving me insane!