While hyphenation preferences can be refined at the Paragraph (style) level, Character (style) options only provide a boolean “No Break” attribute which prevents line breaks whatever the location of the text in the layout.

Note, for example, that “Hyphenate Across Column” is available as a paragraph option while the user may actually want to turn on/off column breaks from within a character style. The “No Break” attribute is then too harsh, since it fully disallows line breaking.

Suppose a ITEMS character style is associated to proper names or book titles. We may want to allow regular line breaking for these ITEMS within a frame or a page, but we may need to exclude breaks across frame or page, making sure that ITEMS always appear in full within a visual block.

A way to fix this would be to make the character “No Break” attribute more detailed. Instead of a true/false value, a dropdown list of distinct options could be implemented: [No Break (full), No Break Across Column, No Break Across Frame, No Break Across Page]

Note: The option “No hyphenation” (i.e. “No Word Break”) could be added in that list as well. This would address another feature request which is clearly connected to the present one: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/32293963-add-no-hyphenation-as-a-character-style

Thanks for considering this idea.

For about 14/15 years I never had to reset preferences in InDesign.

Since CC2017 it's more or less once a week.
Colors disappearing.. panels blind or empty.. tools not working.. font now showing.
Panels self increasing size...

But it seems we have to deal with it, so we probably need a way to SAVE PREFERENCES.
**Save preferences in a moment everything work fine.. and restore it when (after just few days) nothing works anymore.**

Every time people have to reset preferences, they have to restore everything. UI colors, workspace, Application Frame (that mac users normally never use) Old Dialog way (the new are unusable and way too slow).

Too many things to restore and too often.

We need “Wavy line” customize option, such as:
(1) weight (2) wave height (3) wavelength (4) single/double line selection
(see fig1.png and fig2.png)

Current wavy line design is not good for professional.
When we change weight, the wavy size is automatically changed. We can’t control the size of wave.
When we need to control the size and shape of wavy line, we have to create appropriate one by Illustrator, then link them. This takes lots of times of us.
"Wavy line" customize option will definitely help us a lot.
Japanese clients often designate to use wavy lines to underline.
With current feature, we can not customize wavy lines.
To make clients satisfy, we are always struggling against wavy lines!

(Translated to Japanese)
タイトル：波線のカスタマイズ機能を追加（太さ／波の高さ・幅・／一重・二重線）

内容：
現在の波線機能は、線の太さを変更すると、自動的に波の形状が変わってしまい、
思い通りの波線にするには、イラストレーターなどで作成し、リンクするなど、
とても面倒な作業が必要になり、時間も手間もかかります。
日本では下線に波線を使うことが多いため、「波線カスタマイズ機能」が追加されれば、とても便利になり、時間の節約にもなります。

The German word "Textumfluss" is used two times in InDesign but with different meanings:

Within the preferences "Smart Text Reflow" is "Intelligenter Textumfluss".
And then there ist the "Text Wrap" panel, which is named "Textumfluss" in German, too.

So "wrap" gets the same translation as "reflow"? Noooooo! These are two different thing and should not be named the same!

A better translation for reflow would be "Textumbruch", so please change just one word in the German preferences, from "Intelligenter Textumfluss" to "Intelligenter Textumbruch".

It's easy to do: just five letters to change! One small piece of code. Done in a minute or less. :-)

Thanks!

There's something i'd LOVE to see in inDesign.

Imagine, you design a document, with different images, logos, etc. They come from libraries, folders, bridge, you name it.

Now you realize a logo you used on page 1 needs to replace a logo on page 24. But not ALL logos. And you want to do it visually by dragging and dropping.

You'd need to copy, paste inside, or use the relink command. And may be need to dig in your CC libraries to find it again.

Same thing if you'd like to place it somewhere else. You have all your links in the links panel, but you'd still have to link to the original source file or library.

WHAT IF…

We could just drag and drop from the links panel to the page.

I would expect it to be EXACTLY like Drag&Drop from : the Finder, the CC library…

Being able to fill an empty image frame, to replace an existing image in a frame, to use the frame's adjust settings…

And of course, it wouldn't affect the previous location of the image (we still don't have "swap items" natively in inDesign).

Does anybody see this as an interesting feature ?

Upvote or comment if you see anything else.

Adobe, please change the standard color presets for printing to the proper standard printing conditions and profiles that are published by the European Color Initaitive ECI (eci.org.). The icc-profiles are publically available.
Actually, Adobe still uses outdated FOGRA39 characterization data by default, second Adobe applies FOGRA39 in an own icc-profile that differs from the standard-profile by the ECI.
FOGRA39 is outdated, it's been replaced by FOGRA51 since years, for good reason. ECI has published the corresponding standard ICC-profile "PSO coated v3", which should find it's way into Adobe's color settings. Please integrate the official ECI-profiles, because these are highly optimized by professionals for printing and color.

Creation of Table of Contents — Adjustable interface window (width and height)

When working in huge and very complex documents — with dozens and dozens of paragraph styles and very complex table of contents —, the limitations of the interface window are rather annoying. The window cannot namely be expanded to have a better view of the selected styles.

The number of visible styles is namely limited to four (see screenshot). And the width cannot be adjusted either.

It would thus be a considerable improvement if the window size could be customized in order to have a much better view of the styles one is working with. This would definitely help speed up the work process.

The window size should be customizable both in width and height of course.

Thanks.