diff --git a/crates/render/src/text.rs b/crates/render/src/text.rs
index 55dfd630..fbb0feb2 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text.rs
@@ -147,15 +147,6 @@ fn unit_of(based: BasedOn, g: &CharGlyph, lay: &TextLayout) -> (usize, usize) {
     }
 }
 
-fn unit_count(based: BasedOn, lay: &TextLayout) -> usize {
-    match based {
-        BasedOn::Characters => lay.chars,
-        BasedOn::CharactersExcludingSpaces => lay.chars_no_space,
-        BasedOn::Words => lay.words,
-        BasedOn::Lines => lay.lines,
-    }
-}
-
 fn layer_seed(layer: &Layer, seed: f64) -> u64 {
     (seed as i64 as u64) ^ layer.id.0.wrapping_mul(0x9E37_79B9)
 }
@@ -179,6 +170,23 @@ fn range_params(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, sel: &PropGroup, n: usize) -> Rang
     }
 }
 
+/// A Range Selector as the viewer's bars see it (#1011): Based On, whether Units is Index, and
+/// Start / End / Offset as the fractions the renderer uses.
+pub fn range_bars(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, sel: &PropGroup, lay: &TextLayout) -> (BasedOn, bool, Range) {
+    let adv = sel.sub("advanced");
+    let based = BasedOn::from_index(adv.map(|a| ctx.e(layer, a, "basedOn")).unwrap_or(0));
+    let index = adv.is_some_and(|a| ctx.e(layer, a, "units") == 1);
+    (based, index, range_params(ctx, layer, sel, lay.units(based)))
+}
+
+/// The Start / End value that puts a Range Selector bar at fraction `f` of the `n` units, with
+/// Offset `offset` (a fraction): the bar's place less the Offset, within 0..100%, or in whole
+/// units with Units = Index.
+pub fn range_value_of(f: f64, offset: f64, units_index: bool, n: usize) -> f64 {
+    let v = (f - offset).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    if units_index { (v * n as f64).round() } else { v * 100.0 }
+}
+
 /// Selection of every glyph by an animator's selectors, per dimension.
 pub fn animator_selection(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, anim: &PropGroup, lay: &TextLayout) -> Vec<[f64; 3]> {
     let sels: Vec<&PropGroup> = anim.sub("selectors").map(|s| s.groups().filter(|g| g.enabled).collect()).unwrap_or_default();
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ pub fn animator_selection(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, anim: &PropGroup, lay: &
         };
         let mode = Mode::from_index(mode);
         let based = BasedOn::from_index(based);
-        let n = unit_count(based, lay);
+        let n = lay.units(based);
         let values: Box<dyn Fn(usize, usize, [f64; 3]) -> [f64; 3]> = match sel.match_id.as_str() {
             "rangeSelector" => {
                 let r = range_params(ctx, layer, sel, n);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
index 547c02d4..020e0851 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
@@ -550,3 +550,17 @@ fn touching_glyphs_join_without_a_seam() {
     let multiply = draw(vec![glyph(4.0, 10.5, white, false), glyph(10.5, 17.0, white, false)], BlendMode::Multiply).get(10, 10);
     assert!(multiply[3] < 0.9, "{multiply:?}");
 }
+
+/// #1011: what dragging a Range Selector bar to fraction `f` of the text writes.
+#[test]
+fn range_bar_drag_values() {
+    // Percentage: the bar's place less the Offset, within 0..100.
+    assert!((range_value_of(0.5, 0.0, false, 7) - 50.0).abs() < 1e-9);
+    assert!((range_value_of(0.5, 0.25, false, 7) - 25.0).abs() < 1e-9, "Offset 25%: the bar at 50% is Start 25%");
+    assert_eq!(range_value_of(0.1, 0.25, false, 7), 0.0, "never below 0");
+    assert_eq!(range_value_of(1.0, -0.5, false, 7), 100.0, "nor above 100");
+    // Index: whole units, the nearest boundary (3.4 of 7 characters → 3, 3.6 → 4).
+    assert_eq!(range_value_of(3.4 / 7.0, 0.0, true, 7), 3.0);
+    assert_eq!(range_value_of(3.6 / 7.0, 0.0, true, 7), 4.0);
+    assert_eq!(range_value_of(3.6 / 7.0, 2.0 / 7.0, true, 7), 2.0, "less a 2-character Offset");
+}
diff --git a/crates/text/src/lib.rs b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
index e8ba9d95..18716752 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use effectcraft_keyframe::{BaselineOption, CharStyle, Composer, Direction, Justi
 pub use fonts::{FaceId, Resolved, families, resolve};
 use kurbo::{Affine, BezPath, Point};
 pub use layout::{Align, Caps, Glyph, Layout, Line, ParagraphStyle, Script, TextStyle, layout as layout_text, layout_rich, measure};
+use selectors::BasedOn;
 use skrifa::instance::{LocationRef, Size};
 use skrifa::outline::{DrawSettings, OutlinePen};
 use skrifa::{GlyphId, MetadataProvider};
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ pub struct TextLayout {
     pub to_layer: Affine,
     /// Byte offset of every character, plus the text length.
     pub byte_of_char: Vec<usize>,
+    /// Whether each character is white space (for the selectors' Based On).
+    pub space_of_char: Vec<bool>,
     pub vertical: bool,
 }
 
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ pub fn layout_doc(doc: &TextDoc) -> TextLayout {
         }
         in_word = !space;
         word_of_char.push(words.saturating_sub(1));
+        out.space_of_char.push(space);
         nospace_of_char.push(nospace);
         if !space {
             nospace += 1;
@@ -415,6 +419,99 @@ impl TextLayout {
             None => (0, self.chars),
         }
     }
+    /// The number of selector units for Based On `based`.
+    pub fn units(&self, based: BasedOn) -> usize {
+        match based {
+            BasedOn::Characters => self.chars,
+            BasedOn::CharactersExcludingSpaces => self.chars_no_space,
+            BasedOn::Words => self.words,
+            BasedOn::Lines => self.lines,
+        }
+    }
+    /// Characters `a..b` of every selector unit, in order; words and Characters Excluding Spaces
+    /// leave the spaces out.
+    fn unit_spans(&self, based: BasedOn) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
+        let sp = |ci: usize| self.space_of_char.get(ci).copied().unwrap_or(false);
+        match based {
+            BasedOn::Characters => (0..self.chars).map(|ci| (ci, ci + 1)).collect(),
+            BasedOn::CharactersExcludingSpaces => (0..self.chars).filter(|&ci| !sp(ci)).map(|ci| (ci, ci + 1)).collect(),
+            BasedOn::Words => {
+                let (mut out, mut start) = (vec![], None);
+                for ci in 0..self.chars {
+                    match (sp(ci), start) {
+                        (false, None) => start = Some(ci),
+                        (true, Some(a)) => {
+                            out.push((a, ci));
+                            start = None;
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+                out.extend(start.map(|a| (a, self.chars)));
+                out
+            }
+            BasedOn::Lines => self.layout.lines.iter().map(|l| (self.char_of_byte(l.range.start), self.char_of_byte(self.layout.line_end(l)))).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+    /// The carets at the leading and trailing edges of the unit made of characters `a..b`: before
+    /// its first character, and after its last one when that is on the same line, else the line's
+    /// end. Carets rather than glyphs, so the edges also fall inside ligatures and follow
+    /// right-to-left runs.
+    fn unit_edges(&self, (a, b): (usize, usize)) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+        let li = self.line_of_char(a);
+        let trail = if self.line_of_char(b) == li { b } else { self.char_of_byte(self.layout.line_end(self.layout.lines.get(li)?)) };
+        Some((a, trail))
+    }
+    /// The caret at `ci` as (top, baseline, bottom) in layer space.
+    fn caret_points(&self, ci: usize) -> [Point; 3] {
+        let (top, bottom) = self.caret(ci);
+        let (x, base, _) = self.layout.caret(self.byte(ci));
+        [top, self.to_layer * Point::new(x as f64, base as f64), bottom]
+    }
+    /// A Range Selector bar at fraction `f` of the units (#1011): a caret-like segment as (top,
+    /// baseline, bottom) in layer space, between unit boundaries in proportion. None for empty or
+    /// vertical text.
+    pub fn range_bar(&self, based: BasedOn, f: f64) -> Option<[Point; 3]> {
+        let n = self.units(based);
+        if self.vertical || n == 0 || !f.is_finite() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let x = f.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * n as f64;
+        let u = (x.floor() as usize).min(n - 1);
+        let t = x - u as f64;
+        let (a, z) = self.unit_edges(*self.unit_spans(based).get(u)?)?;
+        let (lead, trail) = (self.caret_points(a), self.caret_points(z));
+        Some([0, 1, 2].map(|k| lead[k].lerp(trail[k], t)))
+    }
+    /// The fraction of the units under a layer-space point, the inverse of [`Self::range_bar`]:
+    /// on the line whose baseline is nearest, the nearest place between unit edges.
+    pub fn range_fraction_at(&self, based: BasedOn, p: Point) -> Option<f64> {
+        let n = self.units(based);
+        if self.vertical || n == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let q = self.to_layer.inverse() * p;
+        let line = self.layout.lines.iter().enumerate().min_by(|a, b| (a.1.baseline as f64 - q.y).abs().total_cmp(&(b.1.baseline as f64 - q.y).abs()))?.0;
+        let spans = self.unit_spans(based);
+        let nearest = |on_line: bool| {
+            let mut best: Option<(f64, f64)> = None;
+            for (u, span) in spans.iter().enumerate() {
+                if on_line && self.line_of_char(span.0) != line {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let Some((a, z)) = self.unit_edges(*span) else { continue };
+                let (x0, x1) = (self.caret(a).1.x, self.caret(z).1.x);
+                let t = if (x1 - x0).abs() > 1e-9 { ((p.x - x0) / (x1 - x0)).clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 0.0 };
+                let d = (x0 + (x1 - x0) * t - p.x).abs();
+                if best.is_none_or(|b| d < b.0) {
+                    best = Some((d, (u as f64 + t) / n as f64));
+                }
+            }
+            best.map(|b| b.1)
+        };
+        // (a line without units, such as an empty one, takes the nearest unit anywhere)
+        nearest(true).or_else(|| nearest(false))
+    }
     /// Selection highlight quads (layer space) for characters `a..b`.
     pub fn selection_quads(&self, a: usize, b: usize) -> Vec<[Point; 4]> {
         self.layout
@@ -634,4 +731,73 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(l.bounds[0] < -100.0 && l.bounds[2] > 100.0, "{:?}", l.bounds);
         assert!((l.bounds[0] + l.bounds[2]).abs() < 20.0);
     }
+
+    // #1011: a Range Selector's bars in the Composition viewer.
+    fn bar_x(l: &TextLayout, based: selectors::BasedOn, f: f64) -> f64 {
+        l.range_bar(based, f).unwrap()[2].x
+    }
+
+    fn doc(text: &str) -> TextLayout {
+        layout_doc(&TextDoc { text: text.into(), size: 40.0, ..Default::default() })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn range_bars_sit_on_unit_boundaries() {
+        use selectors::BasedOn::*;
+        let l = doc("abcd");
+        for (f, ci) in [(0.0, 0), (0.5, 2), (1.0, 4)] {
+            assert!((bar_x(&l, Characters, f) - l.caret(ci).1.x).abs() < 1e-6, "{f} at caret {ci}");
+        }
+        let mid = (l.caret(0).1.x + l.caret(1).1.x) / 2.0;
+        assert!((bar_x(&l, Characters, 0.125) - mid).abs() < 1e-6, "half way through the first character");
+        // Words and Characters Excluding Spaces skip the space.
+        let l = doc("ab cd");
+        assert!((bar_x(&l, Words, 0.5) - l.caret(3).1.x).abs() < 1e-6, "the second word starts at c");
+        assert!((bar_x(&l, Words, 0.25) - (l.caret(0).1.x + l.caret(2).1.x) / 2.0).abs() < 1e-6, "half of ab, no space");
+        assert!((bar_x(&l, CharactersExcludingSpaces, 0.5) - l.caret(3).1.x).abs() < 1e-6, "c is the third of four");
+        assert!(doc("").range_bar(Characters, 0.0).is_none());
+        let v = layout_doc(&TextDoc { text: "ab".into(), vertical: true, ..Default::default() });
+        assert!(v.range_bar(Characters, 0.0).is_none(), "vertical text has no bars");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn range_bars_on_the_right_line_ligatures_and_rtl() {
+        use selectors::BasedOn::*;
+        let l = doc("ab\rcd");
+        // 5 characters (the CR counts): 80% is the start of d, on the second line.
+        let [top, base, bottom] = l.range_bar(Characters, 0.8).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((top, bottom), l.caret(4));
+        assert!(top.y < base.y && base.y < bottom.y && (base.y - bottom.y + l.layout.lines[1].descent as f64).abs() < 1e-6, "the baseline");
+        assert!(bottom.y > l.caret(0).1.y + 10.0, "below the first line");
+        let [top, _, bottom] = l.range_bar(Lines, 0.5).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((top, bottom), l.caret(3), "the second line starts at c");
+        // Inside a ligature ("ffl") the bars still move character by character.
+        let l = doc("Offline");
+        let xs: Vec<f64> = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0].iter().map(|k| bar_x(&l, Characters, k / 7.0)).collect();
+        assert!(xs.windows(2).all(|w| w[1] > w[0]), "{xs:?}");
+        // Right to left: Start is on the right of the first character.
+        let mut r = TextDoc { text: "\u{0645}\u{0631}\u{062D}\u{0628}\u{0627}".into(), size: 40.0, ..Default::default() };
+        r.direction = effectcraft_keyframe::text_doc::Direction::Rtl;
+        let r = layout_doc(&r);
+        assert!(bar_x(&r, Characters, 0.0) > bar_x(&r, Characters, 0.2) && bar_x(&r, Characters, 0.2) > bar_x(&r, Characters, 1.0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn range_fraction_at_inverts_range_bar() {
+        use selectors::BasedOn::*;
+        // (Fractions off the CR, a unit with no width whose bar is the line's end.)
+        for (text, based) in [("ab\rcd", Characters), ("one two\rthree", Words), ("Offline", Characters)] {
+            let l = doc(text);
+            for f in [0.1, 0.3, 0.9] {
+                let [top, _, bottom] = l.range_bar(based, f).unwrap();
+                let p = Point::new(bottom.x, (top.y + bottom.y) / 2.0);
+                let back = l.range_fraction_at(based, p).unwrap();
+                assert!((back - f).abs() < 1e-6, "{text}: {f} → {back}");
+            }
+        }
+        // The nearest line by its baseline: far left of the second line is the start of c.
+        let l = doc("ab\rcd");
+        let base = l.caret(3).1.y - l.layout.lines[1].descent as f64;
+        assert!((l.range_fraction_at(Characters, Point::new(-500.0, base)).unwrap() - 0.6).abs() < 1e-6);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/gradient_handles.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/gradient_handles.rs
index bfe87a47..e855a49e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/gradient_handles.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/gradient_handles.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn gradient_paints<'a>(g: &'a PropGroup, depth: usize, out: &mut Vec<&'a PropGro
 }
 
 /// `g` or something inside it is selected on `layer`.
-fn selected_in(g: &PropGroup, layer: LayerId, selected: &[(LayerId, u64)]) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn selected_in(g: &PropGroup, layer: LayerId, selected: &[(LayerId, u64)]) -> bool {
     fn contains(g: &PropGroup, uid: u64, depth: usize) -> bool {
         g.uid == uid || (depth < 16 && g.children.iter().any(|n| n.uid() == uid || matches!(n, Node::Group(c) if contains(c, uid, depth + 1))))
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
index 1b6ef8c3..cedea209 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub mod settings;
 pub mod shortcut_editor;
 pub mod templates;
 pub mod text_panels;
+pub mod text_range_handles;
 pub mod timeline;
 pub mod tracker;
 pub mod unsaved;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/text_range_handles.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/text_range_handles.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb5f01e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/text_range_handles.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//! A text layer's Range Selector Start and End in the Composition viewer (#1011). With the
+//! selector, its animator or a property in the animator selected, each enabled Range Selector of
+//! the animator shows two bars on the text, at Start + Offset and End + Offset (where the
+//! renderer applies the range), as in After Effects. With the Selection tool a drag sets Start or
+//! End with `prop.set`, leaving Offset alone: one undo step per drag, and on an animated
+//! property a keyframe at the current time. A bar whose place falls outside the text (a negative
+//! Offset, say) is pinned to its end, and dragging it writes the value for where it's dropped.
+//!
+//! The bars follow the static layout on purpose: an animator that moves the characters (a
+//! fly-in, say) would otherwise carry them out of reach. Vertical text and text on a path have
+//! none.
+//!
+//! Automation ids: `viewer.textRange.<uid>` (the Start / End property's uid).
+
+use effectcraft_engine::geom::Mat3;
+use effectcraft_engine::project::{Layer, LayerSource, PropGroup};
+use effectcraft_engine::render::EvalCtx;
+use effectcraft_engine::render::text::{range_bars, range_value_of, source_text};
+use effectcraft_engine::text::kurbo::Point;
+use effectcraft_engine::text::layout_doc;
+use egui::{Color32, Pos2, Rect, Sense, Stroke, Vec2};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use super::fx_widgets as fw;
+use super::gradient_handles::selected_in;
+use crate::EffectcraftApp;
+use crate::state::Tool;
+
+/// Draw the selected Range Selectors' bars and, with the Selection tool, drag them. `l2c` is the
+/// viewer's layer→comp matrix. Called after the viewer's own gestures, so a bar takes the press
+/// before the layer would move.
+pub fn viewer_hook(
+    app: &mut EffectcraftApp,
+    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+    painter: &egui::Painter,
+    map: &super::viewer::ViewerMap,
+    ectx: &EvalCtx,
+    l2c: &dyn Fn(&EvalCtx, &Layer) -> Mat3,
+) {
+    if !app.ui.viewer.show_layer_controls {
+        return;
+    }
+    let t = app.tokens;
+    let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
+    let interactive = app.ui.tool == Tool::Selection;
+    let selected_props = app.session.state.selected_props.clone();
+    let selected_layers = app.session.state.selected_layers.clone();
+    let editing = app.session.state.text_edit.as_ref().map(|e| e.layer);
+    let mut actions: Vec<(String, serde_json::Value)> = vec![];
+    for layer in ectx
+        .comp
+        .layers
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|l| selected_layers.contains(&l.id) && l.is_active_at(ectx.time) && matches!(l.source, LayerSource::Text) && editing != Some(l.id))
+    {
+        let Some(text) = layer.props.sub("text") else { continue };
+        if text.sub("pathOptions").is_some_and(|po| ectx.e(layer, po, "path") != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let sels: Vec<&PropGroup> = text
+            .sub("animators")
+            .into_iter()
+            .flat_map(|a| a.groups())
+            .filter(|a| a.enabled && selected_in(a, layer.id, &selected_props))
+            .filter_map(|a| a.sub("selectors"))
+            .flat_map(|s| s.groups())
+            .filter(|s| s.enabled && s.match_id == "rangeSelector")
+            .collect();
+        if sels.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let Some(doc) = source_text(ectx, layer) else { continue };
+        let lay = layout_doc(&doc);
+        let m = l2c(ectx, layer);
+        // The layer's bounding-box handles, registered earlier this frame: the viewer grabs one
+        // within 9 px of a press, so a bar leaves it the pointer there (Start at 0% of two-line
+        // text meets the left side's handle) and takes it in the rest of its zone.
+        let prefix = format!("viewer.handle.{}.", layer.id.0);
+        let box_handles: Vec<Pos2> = app
+            .auto
+            .elements
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|e| e.id.starts_with(&prefix))
+            .map(|e| Pos2::new(e.rect[0] + e.rect[2] / 2.0, e.rect[1] + e.rect[3] / 2.0))
+            .collect();
+        let to_screen = |p: Point| map.to_screen(fw::layer_to_comp(&m, [p.x, p.y]));
+        for sel in sels {
+            let (based, index, r) = range_bars(ectx, layer, sel, &lay);
+            let n = lay.units(based);
+            let bars: Vec<_> = [("start", r.start), ("end", r.end)]
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(|(k, f)| Some((sel.get(k)?, lay.range_bar(based, (f + r.offset).clamp(0.0, 1.0))?)))
+                .collect();
+            let [(_, [_, b0, _]), (_, [_, b1, _])] = bars[..] else { continue };
+            // Along the baseline on screen (the layer may be rotated or flipped).
+            let along = (to_screen(Point::new(b0.x + 1.0, b0.y)) - to_screen(b0)).normalized();
+            let first = (to_screen(b1) - to_screen(b0)).dot(along) >= 0.0;
+            for (k, (pr, [top, base, bottom])) in bars.iter().enumerate() {
+                let (st, sp, sb) = (to_screen(*top), to_screen(*base), to_screen(*bottom));
+                let up = (st - sb).normalized();
+                // The bar further along the line points back, the other forward: into the range.
+                let inward = if (k == 0) == first { along } else { -along };
+                // The triangle stands on the baseline, clear of the box's side handles (half way
+                // up the box) and its bottom ones (at the descenders).
+                let tri = [sp, sp + up * 8.0, sp + up * 4.0 + inward * 6.0];
+                // A short grab zone around the triangle, so the line above doesn't steal the
+                // layer's scale handles.
+                let hr = Rect::from_two_pos(sp, sp + up * 8.0 + inward * 6.0).expand(3.0);
+                let id = egui::Id::new(("viewer-text-range", pr.uid));
+                let on_box_handle = ctx.pointer_latest_pos().is_some_and(|p| box_handles.iter().any(|c| c.distance(p) < 9.0));
+                let free = ctx.is_being_dragged(id) || !on_box_handle;
+                let resp = (interactive && free).then(|| ui.interact(hr, id, Sense::drag()));
+                if interactive {
+                    app.auto.add(&format!("viewer.textRange.{}", pr.uid), hr, &pr.name);
+                }
+                let hot = resp.as_ref().is_some_and(|r| r.hovered() || r.dragged());
+                let col = if hot { t.accent } else { Color32::WHITE };
+                draw_bar(painter, st, sb, &tri, Vec2::new(1.0, 1.0), Color32::from_black_alpha(160));
+                draw_bar(painter, st, sb, &tri, Vec2::ZERO, col);
+                let Some(resp) = resp else { continue };
+                if resp.hovered() {
+                    ctx.set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::ResizeHorizontal);
+                    resp.clone().on_hover_text(format!("{}: {}", sel.name, pr.name));
+                }
+                // Keep the grab point's distance from the bar, so the bar doesn't jump to the pointer.
+                let grab = id.with("grab");
+                if resp.drag_started()
+                    && let Some(pos) = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.press_origin())
+                {
+                    ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(grab, pos - sp));
+                }
+                if resp.dragged()
+                    && let Some(pos) = resp.interact_pointer_pos()
+                    && let Some(lp) = fw::comp_to_layer(&m, map.to_comp(pos - ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Vec2>(grab)).unwrap_or_default()))
+                    && let Some(f) = lay.range_fraction_at(based, Point::new(lp[0], lp[1]))
+                {
+                    let key = super::effect_controls::gesture_key(ui, id, resp.drag_started());
+                    let value = range_value_of(f, r.offset, index, n);
+                    actions.push(("prop.set".into(), json!({"layer": layer.id.0, "prop": pr.uid, "value": value, "merge": key})));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    for (id, params) in actions {
+        if let Err(e) = crate::menus::invoke(app, &ctx, &id, params) {
+            app.ui.status = e;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn draw_bar(painter: &egui::Painter, top: Pos2, bottom: Pos2, tri: &[Pos2; 3], d: Vec2, col: Color32) {
+    painter.line_segment([top + d, bottom + d], Stroke::new(1.5, col));
+    painter.add(egui::Shape::convex_polygon(tri.iter().map(|p| *p + d).collect(), col, Stroke::NONE));
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
index 51bab7fd..4f71a679 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
@@ -2020,6 +2020,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
     crate::panels::effect_controls::viewer_hook(app, ui, &painter, &map, &ectx, &|c, l| l2c(c, l).0);
     // Selected shape gradients' start and end points (#612).
     crate::panels::gradient_handles::viewer_hook(app, ui, &painter, &map, &ectx, &|c, l| l2c(c, l).0);
+    // Selected text Range Selectors' Start and End bars (#1011).
+    crate::panels::text_range_handles::viewer_hook(app, ui, &painter, &map, &ectx, &|c, l| l2c(c, l).0);
 
     // Status chips (render time / caching).
     if app.playback.playing && app.playback.waiting {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_text_range_handles.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_text_range_handles.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d048be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_text_range_handles.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+//! #1011: a text layer's Range Selector shows its Start and End as bars on the text in the
+//! Composition viewer, as in After Effects, while the selector or its animator is selected. A
+//! drag sets Start / End in one undo step (a keyframe at the current time when animated) and
+//! doesn't move the layer. Uses only APIs that existed before the bars, so it runs (and fails)
+//! on the code without them.
+
+use effectcraft_engine::Session;
+use effectcraft_engine::commands::text_edit::layer_doc;
+use effectcraft_engine::project::{LayerId, PropGroup};
+use effectcraft_engine::text::layout_doc;
+use effectcraft_ui_egui::EffectcraftApp;
+use effectcraft_ui_egui::panels::viewer::comp_to_screen;
+use egui::{Event, Modifiers, PointerButton, Pos2, pos2, vec2};
+use egui_kittest::Harness;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+struct Ids {
+    layer: u64,
+    animator: u64,
+    color: u64,
+    start: u64,
+    end: u64,
+}
+
+fn animator(s: &Session, l: u64) -> PropGroup {
+    let layer = s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(l)).unwrap();
+    layer.props.sub("text").unwrap().sub("animators").unwrap().groups().next().unwrap().clone()
+}
+
+/// A 640×360 comp with the point text "abcdefgh" and a Fill Color animator (one Range Selector).
+fn setup() -> (Session, Ids) {
+    let mut s = Session::default();
+    s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "Main", "width": 640, "height": 360, "duration": 4})).unwrap();
+    let l = s.execute("layer.newText", json!({"text": "abcdefgh", "size": 60})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.addTextAnimator", json!({"layer": l, "property": "fillColor"})).unwrap();
+    let a = animator(&s, l);
+    let sel = a.sub("selectors").unwrap().groups().next().unwrap();
+    let color = a.sub("properties").unwrap().children.first().unwrap().uid();
+    let ids = Ids { layer: l, animator: a.uid, color, start: sel.get("start").unwrap().uid, end: sel.get("end").unwrap().uid };
+    s.state.selected_layers = vec![LayerId(l)];
+    (s, ids)
+}
+
+fn harness(s: Session) -> Harness<'static, EffectcraftApp> {
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1600.0, 1000.0)).build_eframe(|_| EffectcraftApp::new(s));
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    h
+}
+
+fn handle(h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, uid: u64) -> Option<Pos2> {
+    h.state().auto.find(&format!("viewer.textRange.{uid}")).map(|e| pos2(e.rect[0] + e.rect[2] / 2.0, e.rect[1] + e.rect[3] / 2.0))
+}
+
+fn value(h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, ids: &Ids, uid: u64) -> f64 {
+    h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().props.find(uid).unwrap().value.as_f64()
+}
+
+/// Screen x of the caret before character `ci` of the text.
+fn caret_x(h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, ids: &Ids, ci: usize) -> f32 {
+    let s = &h.state().session;
+    let lay = layout_doc(&layer_doc(s, LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap());
+    let pos = s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().props.prop("transform/position").unwrap().value.as_vec2();
+    let (_, bottom) = lay.caret(ci);
+    comp_to_screen(&h.ctx, [(pos[0] + bottom.x) as f32, (pos[1] + bottom.y) as f32]).unwrap().x
+}
+
+fn drag(h: &mut Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, from: Pos2, to: Pos2) {
+    h.event(Event::PointerMoved(from));
+    h.step();
+    h.event(Event::PointerButton { pos: from, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
+    h.step();
+    for k in 1..=8 {
+        h.event(Event::PointerMoved(from + (to - from) * (k as f32 / 8.0)));
+        h.step();
+    }
+    h.event(Event::PointerButton { pos: to, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
+    h.run_steps(3);
+}
+
+/// With the Range Selector's animator selected, End is a bar at the end of the text; dragging it
+/// back to the boundary after the fourth character sets End to 50%, in one undo step, without
+/// moving Start or the layer.
+#[test]
+fn dragging_end_sets_it_in_one_undo_step() {
+    let (mut s, ids) = setup();
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(ids.layer), ids.animator)];
+    let mut h = harness(s);
+    let at = handle(&h, ids.end).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no viewer.textRange.{}: the Range Selector's End isn't in the viewer", ids.end));
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.start).is_some(), "and its Start");
+    let position = h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().props.prop("transform/position").unwrap().value.clone();
+    let undo = h.state().session.history.undo.len();
+    let dx = caret_x(&h, &ids, 4) - caret_x(&h, &ids, 8);
+    drag(&mut h, at, at + vec2(dx, 0.0));
+    let end = value(&h, &ids, ids.end);
+    assert!((end - 50.0).abs() < 1.0, "End at the middle of 8 characters: {end}");
+    assert_eq!(value(&h, &ids, ids.start), 0.0, "Start stays");
+    let layer = h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().clone();
+    assert_eq!(layer.props.prop("transform/position").unwrap().value, position, "the layer didn't move");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.history.undo.len(), undo + 1, "the drag is one undo step");
+    h.state_mut().session.execute("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(value(&h, &ids, ids.end), 100.0, "one undo puts it back");
+}
+
+/// End animated from 0% (0 s) to 100% (2 s): at 1 s the bar sits at 50%, and dragging it adds a
+/// keyframe at 1 s with the new value; the other keys stay.
+#[test]
+fn dragging_an_animated_end_keys_the_current_time() {
+    let (mut s, ids) = setup();
+    s.execute("prop.addKey", json!({"layer": ids.layer, "prop": ids.end, "time": 0.0, "value": 0.0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("prop.addKey", json!({"layer": ids.layer, "prop": ids.end, "time": 2.0, "value": 100.0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("time.set", json!({"time": 1.0})).unwrap();
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(ids.layer), ids.start)];
+    let mut h = harness(s);
+    let at = handle(&h, ids.end).expect("an End bar (selecting Start shows the selector)");
+    assert!((at.x - caret_x(&h, &ids, 4)).abs() < 12.0, "at 1 s End is 50%: the bar is after the fourth character");
+    let dx = caret_x(&h, &ids, 6) - caret_x(&h, &ids, 4);
+    drag(&mut h, at, at + vec2(dx, 0.0));
+    let layer = h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().clone();
+    let keys: Vec<(f64, f64)> = layer.props.find(ids.end).unwrap().keys.iter().map(|k| (k.time.seconds(), k.value.as_f64())).collect();
+    assert_eq!(keys.len(), 3, "{keys:?}");
+    // (Times on the comp's frames: 29.97 fps puts "1 s" at 1.001 s.)
+    let at = |k: (f64, f64), t: f64, v: f64| (k.0 - t).abs() < 0.01 && (k.1 - v).abs() < 1.0;
+    assert!(at(keys[0], 0.0, 0.0) && at(keys[2], 2.0, 100.0), "the other keys stay: {keys:?}");
+    assert!(at(keys[1], 1.0, 75.0), "a key at 1 s at 75%: {keys:?}");
+}
+
+/// The bars show while the selector, its animator or a property in the animator is selected,
+/// and only with the Selection tool and layer controls on.
+#[test]
+fn bars_show_only_for_a_selected_selector_or_animator() {
+    let (s, ids) = setup();
+    let h = harness(s);
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.end).is_none(), "only the layer is selected");
+    let (mut s, ids) = setup();
+    let position = s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(ids.layer)).unwrap().props.prop("transform/position").unwrap().uid;
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(ids.layer), position)];
+    let h = harness(s);
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.end).is_none(), "a property outside the animator is selected");
+    let (mut s, ids) = setup();
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(ids.layer), ids.color)];
+    let mut h = harness(s);
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.end).is_some(), "Fill Color, in the animator, is selected");
+    h.state_mut().ui.viewer.show_layer_controls = false;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.end).is_none(), "View ▸ Show Layer Controls off hides them");
+    h.state_mut().ui.viewer.show_layer_controls = true;
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = effectcraft_ui_egui::state::Tool::Pen;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    assert!(handle(&h, ids.end).is_none(), "only the Selection tool drags them");
+}
+
+/// Offset 25%: the Start bar sits two characters in, where the range begins, and dragging it to
+/// the boundary after the fourth character writes Start = 50% − Offset, leaving Offset alone.
+#[test]
+fn bars_include_the_offset_and_a_drag_leaves_it() {
+    let (mut s, ids) = setup();
+    let offset = animator(&s, ids.layer).sub("selectors").unwrap().groups().next().unwrap().get("offset").unwrap().uid;
+    s.execute("prop.set", json!({"layer": ids.layer, "prop": offset, "value": 25.0})).unwrap();
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(ids.layer), ids.animator)];
+    let mut h = harness(s);
+    let at = handle(&h, ids.start).expect("a Start bar");
+    assert!((at.x - caret_x(&h, &ids, 2)).abs() < 12.0, "Start 0% + Offset 25%: after the second character");
+    let dx = caret_x(&h, &ids, 4) - caret_x(&h, &ids, 2);
+    drag(&mut h, at, at + vec2(dx, 0.0));
+    assert!((value(&h, &ids, ids.start) - 25.0).abs() < 1.0, "Start {}", value(&h, &ids, ids.start));
+    assert_eq!(value(&h, &ids, offset), 25.0, "Offset stays");
+}
+
+/// Small text: Start at 0% sits within the reach of the bounding box's left-side scale handle. A
+/// press on the handle still scales the layer and leaves Start alone.
+#[test]
+fn a_bar_on_a_box_handle_leaves_it_the_press() {
+    let mut s = Session::default();
+    s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "Main", "width": 640, "height": 360, "duration": 4})).unwrap();
+    let l = s.execute("layer.newText", json!({"text": "abcdefgh", "size": 12})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.addTextAnimator", json!({"layer": l, "property": "fillColor"})).unwrap();
+    let a = animator(&s, l);
+    let start = a.sub("selectors").unwrap().groups().next().unwrap().get("start").unwrap().uid;
+    s.state.selected_layers = vec![LayerId(l)];
+    s.state.selected_props = vec![(LayerId(l), a.uid)];
+    let mut h = harness(s);
+    let bar = handle(&h, start).expect("a Start bar");
+    let at = (0..8)
+        .filter_map(|i| h.state().auto.find(&format!("viewer.handle.{l}.{i}")).map(|e| pos2(e.rect[0] + e.rect[2] / 2.0, e.rect[1] + e.rect[3] / 2.0)))
+        .min_by(|p, q| (*p - bar).length().total_cmp(&(*q - bar).length()))
+        .expect("the box's handles");
+    assert!((bar - at).length() < 9.0, "the fixture puts Start within the handle's reach: {bar:?} vs {at:?}");
+    let scale = |h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>| {
+        h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(l)).unwrap().props.prop("transform/scale").unwrap().value.clone()
+    };
+    let before = scale(&h);
+    drag(&mut h, at, at - vec2(40.0, 0.0));
+    let layer = h.state().session.active_comp().unwrap().layer(LayerId(l)).unwrap().clone();
+    assert_eq!(layer.props.find(start).unwrap().value.as_f64(), 0.0, "Start stays");
+    assert_ne!(scale(&h), before, "the handle scaled the layer");
+}
diff --git a/docs/gaps.md b/docs/gaps.md
index a20e779c..4f160b13 100644
--- a/docs/gaps.md
+++ b/docs/gaps.md
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ The most important missing piece: it turns every other estimate here into a meas
   tests, checked headlessly on Windows, drag a selected Gradient Fill's start and end points in
   the Composition viewer: one undo step, the layer stays, a point inside a moved and scaled group
   converts to the group's space, and the handles show only for a selected gradient.
+- Regression evidence for [#1011](https://github.com/storytold/effectcraft/issues/1011): the
+  `ui_text_range_handles` input tests, checked headlessly on macOS, drag a text Range Selector's
+  End bar in the Composition viewer: one undo step, Start and the layer stay, and on an animated
+  End a keyframe at the current time. The bars show only for a selected selector or a selected
+  animator (or a property in it), with the Selection tool and layer controls on. Unit tests in
+  `text` place the bars on unit boundaries (words and Characters Excluding Spaces skip spaces,
+  inside a ligature, on the second line, right to left) and invert them; `render` covers the
+  value a drag writes (less the Offset, whole units in Index). Not done: dragging Offset, bars on
+  vertical text and on text on a path.
 - Regression evidence for the toolbar's gradient swatches (#612, reported on Discord): the
   `ui_toolbar_gradient` input tests, checked headlessly on Windows, click a Linear Fill swatch and
   a Radial Stroke swatch on a selected shape layer and get the Gradient Editor on its Gradient Fill