Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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497 results found
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When Application Frame is Turned Off, News Windows Size Behind GUI/Tools
I'm one of the many users that doesn't like the Application Frame in either Illustrator or InDesign because I usually like to drag&drop things or switch between applications on my Mac as I work creatively.
I hate that when a new window is generated (opening a file or creating a new one) it is sized beyond the size of my laptop screen and always BEHIND my docked tools in both Illustrator and InDesign software. Photoshop has the sense not to do this so whats going on with these other tools???
I have to drag the new window over just to…
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InDesign 20.4 Windows 11 Bug. UXP Plugin Panel and Dialog have incorrect behavior of html SELECT tag
InDesign 20.4 Windows 11: After updating from version 20.3.1 to 20.4 UXP, the plugin, which worked fine in the previous version, now has problems with displaying dialogs and panels, namely:
all SELECT tags on a panel are stopped responding to modification.
Version 20.3.1 does not exhibit these problems; dialogs and panels display SELECT tags correctly and respond to user modifications.
In version 20.4, SELECT tags respond only by changing the border color to blue; the list is not displayed at all. It is impossible to change the selected list item. In the dialog, this behavior is observed in all elements.…1 voteWe have released InDesign PreRelease build(v20.4.1.004) with a critical fix. Download/Update the latest InDesign PreRelease build in Creative Cloud under the “Prerelease” category(Refer to “Prerelease_CreativeCloud.png” for reference)
Please apply to the InDesign PreRelease in case you don’t have access to the InDesign PreRelease build – https://www.adobeprerelease.com/beta/C6DFA254-C40C-4EEB-8F6D-F4AEDA2E6171
If you are still facing this issue even after updating it, please send the following information to upsingh@adobe.com :
- Share the name of the UXP Plugin and download instructions
- Error Screenshot / Video recording of the issue
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Better Text Box Controls
Could the in port and out port boxes be shifted slightly away from the bounding box corners? They’re currently positioned very close to the resize handles, which makes it harder to resize text frames — a much more frequent action than linking text.
While you're at it, please expand the interactive area around bounding box handles so the cursor stays in Scale mode slightly farther from the corners, reducing accidental switches to the Rotate tool when resizing objects.
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Aligning objects keeps button selected
When clicking align left edges / horizontal centres / vertical centres etc the button remains highlighted.
Then when trying to use the keyboard arrows to move the previously selected object - object does not move with the arrow key inputs.
This only happens on the top control panel rather than the separate align window.2 votes -
palettes position in full screen
when in full screen mode, in my particular workspace (which I like, hence why I use it) certain fly out menus don't know that I am in this mode and try to fly up without considering that they are 'off the screen'. So I tend to temporarily change the view mode, do my edit, and then put things back to full screen. Is this a bug? Shouldn't anything the pops open or 'flies out' know where the edge of my screen is, especially in full screen mode?
I have attached a screenshot of this particular issue, when trying to adjust…
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pasteboard color will not change at all
pasteboard color will not change -- it stays dark gray. I want it light gray but it will not change to any color, much less light gray.
Overprint preview is OFF.
this bug exists in both indesign 2022 and indesign 2025 on Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.5 / dark mode
5K intel iMac 24GB RAM.I don't use ID2025 because it is totally unusable on sonoma on intel iMac -- but tested it to see if the pasteboard color bug is there too and it is.
definitely exists since recent sonoma and ID updates late 2024/2025.
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Table controls are missing from Properties pane, and selection control lacks ToolTip
I had mysterious, unselectable text in my document with multiple columns. It turned out to be a table, but this was not indicated anywhere in the UI. Not in the layer list or the Properties pane when the text frame was selected. Table properties are missing from the Properties pane even when you have the text-insertion point sitting in a table cell.
A major contributor to the problem is that the tiny table-selection icon that appears on the left side of a table has no ToolTip, and does nothing when clicked or dragged. Only by guessing that you have to…
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Workspace is still resetting every document. Latest Update has not fixed this yet
Workspace is resetting every time I open a new document. I received a notification from Adobe that this has been fixed. I've updated and it is not fixed.
13 votesWe have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many bug fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
- Reproducible Steps – What were you doing when the issue occurred?
- Video recording of the issue?
- Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide the document(s)/asset(s) to us? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)
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Selection Tool Doesn't Allow Dragging to Move After Windows Update
Using InDesign 20.1 x64 on Windows 11. After the recent Windows security update (KB5051987), the Selection Tool no longer allows dragging to move elements on a second monitor. It could be related to the fact the monitors are not the same size and do not have the same UI scaling. It functions properly on my laptop screen but I normally work from my larger 2nd monitor and it is no longer functioning properly there. The Free Transform tool still works.
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Literal ampersand (&) doesn't show in font's OpenType stylistic set menu
Adobe InDesign version: 20.1
Expected Results:
1. Use a font in InDesign that contains an OpenType stylistic set option with a name containing an ampersand (&).
2. Look for that stylistic set in Character > OpenType > Stylistic Sets.
3. The ampersand should be visible in the name of the stylistic set.Actual Results:
The ampersand does not appear in the stylistic set name.2 votes -
InDesign spacebar hand/zoom doesn't work when Brave browser is open on Mac
I couldn't get the spacebar toggle to hand to work in InDesign - rebooted a few times and realized that it works fine as long as Brave browser is not open. Adobe updated a few days ago, and up until now it was working fine with the browser open. Any chance of a fix?
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Palettes not docking in the sidebar
I seem to be having more trouble 'docking' palettes, or dragging them into a group on the sidebar on the right. Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this resistance?
When I drag a floating palette onto a closed group, it highlights blue, but I think it used to disappear and you could decide where in the group you wanted to put it, or even into another group or by itself. Currently, there is a light highlight on the group, but when released, it remains floating. When dragged to an open area, the floating palette dims, and will dock by itself.
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Document dissapearing from view after screenlock
Every time my screen goes to sleep or autolocks, when I open it back up the document I am working on disappears from view. I can see it is still there as there are a few frame outlines visible, and I am able to save it close it and reopen, then all is fine again but it is a very annoying issue as I have to do this multiple times per day.
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Page Tool buggy with Alternate Layouts
Create a new document,
in Pages-panel insert some pages,
in Pages-panel create alternate Layout from Pages.To see bug, select the Page Tool and try to select pages with the Page Tool in the document window. Or scroll around the document and select pages. The problem: it will always jump to first page of the none-alternate layout.
Indesign: latest Version (19.5), Windows, German
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InDeisng 2025 windo resizing while working on project
While working on a project the application window resizes itself automatically multiple times. Using a Macbook Pro M1.
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[ID-4257175]Pages Panel: Buttons are hidden behind page number text when window is thin
When the pages panel is as thin as possible, the buttons such as delete page are behind the text that says the number of pages. It is therefore not possible to click on the buttons. I always use this panel in a thin band, and it is now less practical.
Version: InDesign 20.0.0
32 votesFix for this issue is now available in the latest InDesign Release version 20.1 (Build 20.1.0.71), available via Creative Cloud Desktop application.
Please update your InDesign application to this latest version to get the fix.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Guides aligned with cursor and not object
Just updated to InDesign 2025 (v 20.0) and had to switch back to the previous version due to the smart guides functioning strangely. The guides should show up in the center or edge of the object so that I can align it properly on the page and in relation to other objects. Instead, it's producing the guidelines from wherever my cursor is when I click and drag the object. This has made it much more difficult to do simple things like center objects, since it's just centering my cursor instead. I've never had any desire to align things based on…
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App window resizes after presentation mode
InDesign 2025 (v 20.0) on Mac OS 14.6.1
When opening presentation mode (Shift + W or View > Screen Mode > Presentation …) and going back to default/preview mode the application window resizes.
When having the app window to its full size after presentation mode it changes back to its smaller size that you can toggle by using the green plus icon on the top left (Mac Version).When setting both window states manually to full size and toggling between the two (without effective size change) once it works afterwards the window stays in the same size when escaping presentation…
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UI Interface Overlapping
Adobe Indesign 20.0
Reproduction: Opening InDesign or working on a file with extensive links
Expected Result: UI elements act as intended and do not overlap other portions of the interface, does not interfere with workflow
Actual Result: Portions of the UI are unusable due to overlapping and cannot see the last few links in the Links panel
First noticed this error on 10/16/2024 after updating InDesign the day prior
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Alternate glyphs change order unpredicatably
If I show some alternate glyphs (whether in the tiny popup - can we resize this? - or in the Glyphs panel), when I select one, the order of the other glyphs changes. This is really annoying - can they PLEASE stay in the same order, so I can easily switch between them. The current (wrong) system goes like this:
Type a word
Highlight a character
The miniscule glyphs pop-up pops up
I choose the second (miniscule) glyph in the pop-up
I don't really like it
I choose the third glyph in the pop-up
Hold on - isn't that the…1 vote
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