P: Unable to select text or add new text with Type Tool

[Enthusiastic_Eclipse0D44]

Unable to select or edit the existing text using the Type Tool. The selection gets instantly reverted. This also happens while adding new texts. Restarting the app is the only workaround. Here's a screen recording of the issue:

Premiere Pro Version: 24.2.1 (Build 2)

OS: Win 11 Home

Laptop: Asus Vivobook Pro 15

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

Graphics Card: Nvidia RTX 3050

[Enthusiastic_Eclipse0D44]

Hello @defaultr8rbg2obpuau,

Thank you for filing your bug report and providing the information needed to help solve this issue. I hope the team will respond shortly. I'm sorry for the frustration.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Annika Koenig]

@Bart5FF1 Can you share as much info as possible, please? We have been struggling to get an internal repro but are very much interested in fixing this. 

- Does this always happen or only intermittently?

- Mac or Windows?

- Can you make a video of this issue?

-anything else you can think of? 

[Thomas30312860ttmr]

I am having the same issue. Here's a recording: https://zoom.us/clips/share/3qkti7hc7DH_nZ6x20H8umLbc2OL-kDHnkD7HiSC3dfu79PROxUICDB-gm0drJbXWMQm2LDk...

[Stan Jones]

@Thomas30312860ttmr,

Thanks for the screen recording. You are running 24.5.0?

Are you running your project in OneDrive? Do you get the same issue if running from your local drive?

Windows?

Stan

[Nico2468]

Is there any solution to this bug yet? This is crippling my workflow.

I'm on the latest version (24.6.1) and it is impossible to use the text tool. 

[Thomas30312860ttmr]

@Stan Jones  I am running 24.6.1

My project is saved on my desktop. Running Windows 10.

[Ann Bens]

Save your project in a dedicate folder, not on the desktop.

[Annika Koenig]

Thank you so much, @Thomas30312860ttmr! Your video solved the mystery. It's the Reference Monitor causing this. Since this panel is going away with the next release, it will take this bug with it. In the meantime, close it when working with graphics.

In case you are curious, here the Beta Post about the Reference Monitor deprecation: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/now-in-beta-deprecation-of-the-in-app-r...

[Stan Jones]

@Thomas30312860ttmr, now there's some payoff for your effort! Thank you again for the recording.

@Annika Koenig.

That is a relief to know there was something to fix!  Congrats to the team. And yes, I can replicate in 24.6.1 with the Reference Monitor in the same panel as the Program Monitor - it was a little inconsistent, and I did not test very thoroughly.

And there is no Reference Monitor in Beta (I'm only looking at 25.1.0.18.) So no problem there.

Stan

[morphinapg]

Other examples that have had this problem don't show the reference monitor being open, like my video while subtitling I posted earlier:

[Stan Jones]

@morphinapg,

Thanks for the reminder that your situation was different. And in part because it appeared intermittent. Also it deals with subtitles. And you are working with a locked video track.

I tested 24.6.1 further with the Reference monitor open. If I attempt to edit text with the Selection tool active, I get the problem. If I switch to the Text tool first, I do not.

If I try this with subtitles, I have no problem, perhaps because selecting a subtitle changes to the Text tool before typing the edit? I did not try locking the Video track.

@Annika Koenig Could there be another condition other than Reference monitor?

morphinapg's original post is here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/p-unable-to-select-text-or-add-new-text-with-type-t...

His post here suggests the opposite to my observation that the selection tool is the problem rather than Text tool:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/p-unable-to-select-text-or-add-new-text-with-type-t...

Stan