Mocha AE shortcuts not working correctly

[Electric_partner5FAC]

• Issue – The standard Mocha AE shortcuts don't work anymore and CMD+A immediately closes Mocha AE without saving. Even switching the shortcuts presets and reinstalling didn't help.
• Adobe After Effects version number – 25.1.0 (Build 68)
• Operating system – macOS Sequoia 15.1.1
• Steps to reproduce – Try to use Mocha shortcuts, like ‘X’ to move the viewer, ‘Q / W / E’ to move / rotate / scale masks, or ‘CMD+A’ to select all points in a mask.
• Expected result – When hitting ‘CMD+A’ all points in the current mask should be selected.
• Actual result –  Mocha AE closed without saving and without producing an error message.

[Rick Gerard]

I can confirm this bug with Mocha AE. It does not happen with Mocha Pro.

[JohnColombo]

Hi @Electric_partner5FAC,

Thank you for reporting this issue. We are also able to reproduce it on our side and have opened a ticket to investigate along with the team at BorisFX.

In our testing, only the Cmd/Ctrl+A shortcut appears to cause Mocha to close. The X, Z, Q, W, and E hotkeys all appear to work as expected. Does that match what you are seeing as well?

Thanks again for reporting this issue,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[Electric_partner5FAC]

Hello John,

I just tried the Q/W/E/X shortcuts (these just stand-in for keys I use the most) again and curiously they work again, with the default Mocha AE preset.

The CMD+A shortcut remains the main issue, though.

Thank you for your time!

[Burak Akbulut]

I have the same problem, when I do ctrl+a mocha closes but right click selection all works.

[ajjax44]

Select all with Command A in Mocha crashes Mocha - since 3 versions ago
Anytime I command - A shortcut to select all in Mocha it's a nosedive.

[JohnColombo]

Thank you for reporting this issue, @ajjax44. We've had it reported previously and have passed the report along to the team at BorisFX. I'll be merging this thread with the existing thread so future communication on the fix can occur in a single location.

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team  

[Salman_Farhadi]

Hello John,
Is there any update on this issue yet?
It definitely is hard to work without the shortcuts we are used to and this CTRL+A is one of the essential ones!

Thanks

[default19l9rsrxs6u3]

Same here. Any update? Thanks

[Crissall]

Ctrl+A still closes Mocha AE without saving. surley this is a simple bug and should have been fixed by now? It looks like it was reported ages ago. Its infuriating when I have masked a very detailed area and then I lose everything.

[default19l9rsrxs6u3]

Yeah, this is properly driving me f-ing crazy now!!! Keep losing work. It's complete muscle memory to hit CMD-A, finding it hard to not do. 

[Christopher Power]

Aye! Same problem here! The muscle memory is hard to kick. Please fix this asap!

[JohnColombo]

Hi all,

We been able to communicate this issue to the Mocha team at Boris and they have provided a fix for this issue. It is currently available to try out in the latest Beta builds of After Effects—please install the Beta and let us know if it is fixed for you as well or if you encounter any related issues with Mocha.

Thanks again for your reports about this,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[mingl56429983]

When could we expect the fix to be implemented on the CC2025 version?

[cmatts]

open mocha, use keyboard shortcut command+a = mocha crashes, loses everything.

mac os 14.7.4, m3, ae 25.1

[Berrnardo Vaz]

Every time i use the shortcut to select all points the app instantly closes, what is happening to mocha AE? Is it just me? It makes no sense ctrl+a closing the app, and as it is an universal shortcut it's impossible to disassociate from muscle memory and not do it only in mocha, which results in loss of work because it closes without even asking if you want to save it first.

This is very annoying

[reyvajsal]

How long can it take to fix this bug? First message is from december. It's been 4 months and there's a solution only installing a beta version? 

[Berrnardo Vaz]

No disrespect to the engeneers and ae/adobe team, but 4 months tells me the company doesn't see our concerns as important. It's sad to pay in dollars for crumbs.

[JohnColombo]

Hi all,

This issue has been fixed in the latest 25.2 version of After Effects. Please let us know if you continue to experience this issue after updating to the latest.

For all fixes in 25.2, check out https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/kb/fixed-issues.html.

Thank you all again for your reports of this issue,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[spencera49875421]

As of today, April 6, 2025, that Mocha AE bug of using the shortcut key, Ctrl+A, and using other hotkeys still causes it to crash.

AEP version 25.1.0 (Build 68)
Windows 11

same error as everyone else here

[JohnColombo]

@spencera49875421 You will need to update to the latest 25.2 version of After Effects in order to have the fix.

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team