Long-time InDesign user here, and I'm baffled this isn't a capability in InDesign when similar products like Affinity Publisher 2 offer this functionality (just tried it on my free trial).

Please add this! This would be absolutely wonderful to have seeing as how many people have requested it over the years :]

2024 is almost end Adobe...

Think its a bit nuts that this hasn't been addressed yet.

*knockknock*

We can't mark paragraph styles as captions for accessible PDFs (which we should be able to by the way). But the only way to correctly export captions is deeply flawed. There are laws surrounding accessible documents, so get moving!

Hello! 7 years later and still nothing changed...!

I thought it was critical...!!

It's been 7 years in a critical issue ;/

Can't believe this basic functionality has been in the backlog since 2017, and it's now 2024 with no update from Adobe.

It's was disappointing to keep Variable Text in one text line,,, please I need it

If you could do this today, that would be great.

Another example why Adobe Uservoice and the subscription service is a joke.

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Please ensure that text variables (including live captions) are not only breakable but also capable of being formatted with GREP styles and nested styles. For running headers that rely on paragraph styles, I propose introducing a new option which allows users to retain selected character-level formatting changes from the source paragraph. These changes could include alterations in typeface, style modifications (such as bold, italic, or small caps), and colour changes.

Often the format of the source paragraph differs from the desired format for the running header. To enhance practical usability, it would be beneficial to, for example, allow only the italic formatting from both italic and bold italic source text to be carried over to the variable. Conversely, bold formatting from bold or bold italic source text should be omitted (not retained) if the source text is bold but the running header is intended to be in regular. By enabling users to select which style changes should be transferred to the variable, it would be possible to maintain useful style changes while eliminating undesired ones.

An alternative approach to this challenge could involve allowing users to precisely define a character style mapping, similar way like character styles mapping during text import. This style mapping would then become an integral part of the running header variable definition, allowing it to be applied on the fly.

Adding another request to provide this feature, for all the reasons mentioned in the previous posts.

This is getting OLD.

Enough with this "We have added this feature in our backlog" nonsense.
Let's get this fixed, guys! I have this issue with approx. every third Indesign project I work on.

Please add it, so this doesn´t happen

Also, we need the ability to cross reference to text variables, please.

What's the hold up? What are we paying for every month if not having issues like this addressed?

It's been over 6 years now. What position is this in the backlog now?

Photoshop can now use AI to draw us photorealistic images of anything we want, and just we're over here waiting literal decades for the ability to make some text wrap to the next line.