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UI – Some Buttons are missing InDesign CC 2020 (OS X)

Hello,

I’ve updated InDesign to the newest version 15.0 (InDesign CC 2020) on OS X.
And some buttons in the top window border are missing like the percent and the GPU rocket.

Is it possible to put these back?! Or do I have to change it anywhere in the menu? Can’t find it.

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CLOSED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded  · 

The InDesign team appreciates your valuable feedback and concerns. These go a long way in helping us make InDesign better for you and update it continuously to cater to evolving user needs. The app bar design was changed as part of these improvement efforts, and will also help us in introducing some modern and exciting functionalities which we have been working on.

While doing this, we have taken care not to remove any existing functionalities which were available in the previous App Bar design. These have only been relocated – either grouped along with similar functionalities (based on results from our user research) or shifted to improve usability (to provide a consistent experience) while working across Creative Cloud apps, especially Photoshop (Ps) & Illustrator (Ai), which are frequently used by InDesign users. We do understand that it takes time & effort in adopting these but we sincerely hope that the value will reveal itself as we work together with you in defining the future of layout & publishing.

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Here is a list of the re-located functionalities -

Bridge: can now be accessed via “File > Browse in Bridge” – similar to Ps & Ai.
Stock: the search option in the app bar (on the far right) allows you to search assets across Adobe Stock. Stock can also be accessed via “File > Search Adobe Stock”.
GPU options: can now be accessed via “InDesign > Preferences > GPU Performance …” – similar to Ps & Ai.
Zoom levels: are now available at the bottom left of the App window.
Document Bar (on the far left) – similar to Ps & Ai. This location is same as what was available in past versions when users used InDesign without the app bar. Zoom levels can also be controlled through keyboard shortcuts: (Cmd +) or (Cmd -) to help you work faster.
Screen Mode: has now shifted below the Tool Bar (bottom-most icon). It can also be accessed via “View > Screen Mode” – similar to Ps & Ai.
View Options: is now available in proximity to the Screen Mode icon (below the Tool Bar), owing to the similarity of their functions. The drop-down menu showcases corresponding shortcuts for each view option which can enable you to work faster.
Arrange Documents: can now be accessed via “Window > Arrange” – similar to Ps & Ai.

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Adobe InDesign team

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  • Pam commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm not sure I understand exactly what has changed in the new InDesign, but I'm now VERY, VERY afraid to download it and think I'll stay with the 2019 version I have.

  • François Daniellou commented  ·   ·  Report

    Now the zoom factor is tiny at the bottom, how can we get it back at the top with a better size ?

  • Arthur Schneider commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can we get the Zoom Options from CC2019 back in CC2020?
    Zoom Options, which are still at the bottom, used to be at the top of the user interface, but now it's not there.

  • Arthur Schneider commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can we get the Zoom Options from CC2019 back in CC2020?
    Zoom Options, which are still at the bottom, used to be at the top of the user interface, but now it's not there.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Bring it back! Productivity slows without and we have grown accustomed to it. At least make it an option!

  • Sven commented  ·   ·  Report

    The buttons should be there again, they are important and I don't understand why they disappeared in the new version. Slowly the program is indeed.

  • Jeff commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please put these buttons back asap. There were and are important for a smooth workflow. Thanks.

  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, put back the buttons! The new version is slowing down the work flow!!

  • erik commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please bring these buttons back!

  • Amy commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is most definitely not resolved. Please reopen and place these quick buttons back into the top app bar. As designers, we are expected to be highly efficient to meet strict deadlines. I don't understand how these types of changes even get made when there is nothing in the top app bar, so why remove the quick button items that are there? Please fix.

  • Amy commented  ·   ·  Report

    When upgrading from Adobe InDesign CC 14.0.3 to 15.0, the arrange button on the top bar (along with other useful buttons) were removed. The arrange button was one of the most useful buttons when comparing and going in between multiple documents.

    Now we have to go to "Window", "Arrange", then choose the arrangement. AND, on top of that, there is no option to choose only a 1-window arrangement. This is a huge time suck when trying to be efficient.

    Screenshot attached of the new version and the previous version.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Without changes by me, the top bar that contained: File, Edit, Layout, etc, is missing and I see no way of toggling it back on. (InDesign 2020, Macintosh)

  • ryu commented  ·   ·  Report

    上にあったスクリーンモードを返して欲しい。一番上のプルダウンメニューからアクセスするなんて面倒すぎる。ありでもできるようカスタマイズ性を増やして欲しい。痒いところに手が届いていない

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Shifting these buttons to the sidebar was a total garbage move, symptomatic of a product team that has run out of ideas beyond making ill-advised cosmetic changes that wrongfoot users..

  • walker commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please put the Screen Mode Shortcuts back into the top of the open window in InDesign 2020 like it was in earlier versions.

  • Mike commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please put this title bar device back or show us how to recover it.

    It is extremely useful. The Facebook group Indesign Secrets is already starting to show complaints about it missing.

  • JC commented  ·   ·  Report

    It would be so awesome if we could bring back the shortcut buttons that used to be in the menu bar prior to the update to 15.0 (formerly located at the very top, to the right of the menu options). These included quick buttons to arrange the windows into tiles, as well as to toggle between screen modes. While I can customize the toolbars and panels, there doesn't seem to be any option to change the top menu bar (other than rearranging the menu items themselves). Reverting to my saved workspace also does not alter the menu bar. It would be so wonderful to get these features back as they really improved work flow!

  • User_of_Id commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please add ability to remove (hide) home ('house') icon from ID 2020 toolbar. Some, including me, use legacy dialog and never home feature so it is simple unneded, take place etc. Also its position (on Windows machines) moving all menu to the right).
    Thank you!

  • Sascha Fronczek commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is sad! I thought its a bug and not a feature …

    Why do you removed it from there? This new house or home button is also there and nobody will use it, because its unnecessary. So there is enough space to put these back :D

    The percents and the other controls in the previous versions there where handy to use and to reach.

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