Full Screen / Split Screen Support for InDesign/InCopy on MacOS
It really would be helpful if the Adobe CC apps (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop et al) all did as Acrobat Pro DC does and properly implemented the MacOS full screen/split screen option.
This would allow people who use multiple and large monitors to properly designate workspace and split screens between two apps without toolbars/panels getting hidden by other apps.

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Derek S. commented
Following up on this: using InDesign in its own space, especially when it is assigned to a specific space via the Dock, is very problematic. Sometimes the app is confused on where to activate windows, or the app doesn't appear to the foreground as expected.
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Greg Spitzer commented
Not supporting a major workflow feature of the platform that has been around for quite some time seems crazy. Most any other Mac app supports this properly.
This is also more appropriately reported as a bug but with fewer votes here:
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Greg Spitzer commented
Not supporting a major workflow feature of the platform that has been around for quite some time seems crazy. Most any other Mac app supports this properly.
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Ruth Ivimey-Cook commented
This is a duplicate: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31494361-add-full-fullscreen-splitscreen-support-for-mac-os
Please don't split votes!
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Ruth Ivimey-Cook commented
Been asking for this for ages. Please make this a priority.
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Anonymous commented
please allow split screen view on the MAC OS. I am constantly working across programs like indesign and word and this would be very helpful
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Anonymous commented
Chiming in, November 2019. This would be very helpful and convenient. It does not seem like there would be much development needed on Adobe's part.
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Gabriel Reiber commented
I think InDesign (and every other CC application) should support Apples native fullscreen-mode in macOS. I can understand when some people prefer the oldschool way of just maximizing de window, but the native fullscreen-mode would be so much more convenient when working with multiple desktop spaces and would be much more consistent within macOS.
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Bob commented
I use comments from PDFs to update work I do in InDesign. Split view on the Mac is the ideal scenario. Acrobat Pro DC allows split screen. InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop (CC 2019) do not. What's up with that??? Come on Adobe. You're better than that.
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Paul Rosenberg commented
My workflow makes use of macOS workspaces, but this requires my applications to support Full Screen mode in macOS. Adobe CC apps do not and I'm fairly sure this is intentional, but it doesn't align with the way many users work.
Please add macOS Full Screen/Workspaces functionality in future updates of InDesign and other CC applications. Thanks!
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User commented
Yes, so wtf!
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Ankan Roy commented
This should have been the obvious choice. It doesn't make sense why in 2018, this is a *feature* request...
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SW commented
Version of Adobe InDesign: 13.1
Steps to reproduce the issues: Click the green 'maximize' button to put the application into Fullscreen mode
Expected result: Application should enter standard MacOS fullscreen mode like other modern Mac apps do, compatible with switching Spaces and sharing screen with another app in Split View.
Actual result: Can not enter Full Screen, breaking multi-app workflow with Spaces or Split View. -
T Saylor commented
On mac, and especially when working on design projects, it is really nice to be able to flip through full screened apps in spaces. InDesign does not allow for this, which means that I lose documents behind it.
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Andre Andrushenko commented
Seriously.. what's with Adobe's UX game?
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Anonymous commented
These votes and this feature should be merged with/added to…
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31494361-add-full-fullscreen-splitscreen-support-for-mac-os -
Anonymous commented
OSX has a fullscreen/splitscreen mode, integrated into their Spaces (desktop view dedicated to one app only) support in almost any app.
Acrobat (!) already added this fullscreen support.
The classical design workflow would be greatly improved if InDesign (and most other CC apps) would support this *native* *OSX* feature.Especially corrections, copying text, comparing artwork and final lay-out, switching apps, would go much faster, with less switching of views, apps, moving windows around etc…
On a MacBook, this would make *all* Adobe apps much more useful. I (and many others) do not want to pay for a second monitor, only to make switching between apps easier.
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Scott Falkner | ACP commented
What about it? You can position each application's windows however you like.
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nicolas commented
What about split screen support for different app (ex.: word & indesign)