diff --git a/crates/render/src/text.rs b/crates/render/src/text.rs
index fbb0feb2..6abc2ae9 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text.rs
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ pub fn range_value_of(f: f64, offset: f64, units_index: bool, n: usize) -> f64 {
     if units_index { (v * n as f64).round() } else { v * 100.0 }
 }
 
+/// Whether property `uid` of `layer` is a Range Selector's Start, End or Offset while its Units
+/// are Index: the value is then a count of characters (words, lines), not a percentage.
+pub fn in_index_units(layer: &Layer, uid: effectcraft_project::Uid) -> bool {
+    let Some(sel) = layer.props.parent_of(uid).filter(|g| g.match_id == "rangeSelector") else { return false };
+    let is_range_value = sel.props().any(|p| p.uid == uid && matches!(p.match_id.as_str(), "start" | "end" | "offset"));
+    is_range_value && sel.prop("advanced/units").is_some_and(|u| u.value == Value::Enum(1))
+}
+
 /// 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();
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
index 020e0851..7721d1fb 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,24 @@ fn range_based_on_words_and_lines() {
     assert_eq!(s, vec![0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], "{s:?}");
 }
 
+/// With Units = Index a Range Selector's Start, End and Offset are character counts, not
+/// percentages (#1814); the selector's other values, and other selectors, are unaffected.
+#[test]
+fn index_units_mark_start_end_and_offset() {
+    let (mut p, _cid, comp) = setup(400, 200);
+    let mut l = text_layer(&mut p, &comp, doc("ABCDEFG", 30.0));
+    animator(&mut p, &mut l, &["opacity"], &["range", "wiggly"]);
+    let uid = |l: &Layer, path: &str| l.props.prop(path).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no {path}")).uid;
+    let base = "text/animators/#1/selectors/#1";
+    let range_values = ["start", "end", "offset"].map(|k| uid(&l, &format!("{base}/{k}")));
+    assert!(range_values.iter().all(|u| !in_index_units(&l, *u)), "Percentage, the default");
+    set(&mut l, &format!("{base}/advanced/units"), Value::Enum(1));
+    assert!(range_values.iter().all(|u| in_index_units(&l, *u)));
+    assert!(!in_index_units(&l, uid(&l, &format!("{base}/advanced/amount"))), "Amount stays a percentage");
+    assert!(!in_index_units(&l, uid(&l, "text/animators/#1/properties/opacity")));
+    assert!(!in_index_units(&l, uid(&l, "transform/opacity")));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn range_start_end_and_offset_are_capped() {
     let (mut p, cid, comp) = setup(400, 200);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index b34fbd9d..493fd63b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -4117,7 +4117,9 @@ fn value_editor(
                     set(actions, json!(nv));
                 }
             } else {
-                let suffix = if matches!(prop.ui, ParamUi::Percent) || prop.match_id == "opacity" { "%" } else { "" };
+                // A Range Selector's Start, End and Offset count characters with Units = Index (#1814).
+                let pct = (matches!(prop.ui, ParamUi::Percent) || prop.match_id == "opacity") && !effectcraft_engine::render::text::in_index_units(layer, uid);
+                let suffix = if pct { "%" } else { "" };
                 let (r, nv, _) = widgets::hot_number_at(ui, pos2(x, y), egui::Id::new(("v", uid, 0)), *v, speed, (min, max), dec.max(1), suffix, &t);
                 app.auto.add(&format!("timeline.prop.{uid}.value"), r, &prop.name);
                 if let Some(nv) = nv {