Google Messages with Gboard often not responding to tap to place in text

[classact]

I have an S24 Ultra. Had it since it first came out early Feb. Went to Google Messages soon after. Using Gboard. All has been fine except about a week ago or so it started to often fail to respond when I'm tying a text and go to tap in the text I just wrote to place an active cursor in order to edit. It just doesn't respond to my tapping. No cursor appears, and it also won't scroll the text when I swipe up and down. I have to either long-press and hope it will highlight a word and then I can move around with the spacebar or my finger, or I have to use the text editing feature with the text selection icon. When it's failing to respond to a finger tap it also fails to respond to a tap with the stylus, too. Eventually, I get it to activate and can edit.

 

[mustang7757]

Make sure you're on the latest version of Google message and check play system update is on June as May been giving issue. Also try clearing data and force stop it if following are ok