Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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rounded corners missing
21.1 ID / Win 11
After update I don't see at this very version yellow square at frames lines to set rounded corners.
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InDesign 2026 doesn’t remember “Show Import Options” checkbox (Mac)
In the new InDesign 2026, this issue still persists — it’s been present at least since version 2025.
When importing graphics, the Finder window opens, but InDesign no longer remembers the “Show Import Options” checkbox state. In previous versions, this preference stayed active even after restarting the application.
Now I have to check it again every time I open InDesign.
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1 vote
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Can no longer expand palettes to full window screen height
After upgrading to ID 2026, I can no longer expand my palettes to the full height of my screen. In the attached screen shot, the palette is as tall as I can make it. This seems to be the case for all palettes, not just layers. My screen resolution is 2560 x 1440.
1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
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Text to image missing from Menu Customisation
I wanted to colour the Text to Image Menu item.
But it is missing from the choices in the Menu Customisation panel.
Can you please add it?1 votePlease send the following information to sharewithID@adobe.com :
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Panel Sliders Close Panel
Indesign v21.1 Mac
Hello, When I pop open a panel and then try to adjust a slider within the panel, the panel closes when I click on the slider to adjust + or -.
See the attached video.1 vote -
InDesign window doesn't automatically scale when switching between laptop and an external monitor, and application screen goes blank
This issue has been posted before, with no solution. Ever since one of the more recent updates to InDesign, the application window no longer automatically scales to fit the screen when connected to an external monitor and, when it's connected, the application window is blank—showing only the pasteboard color across the whole application window.
So you have to hit the "+" to expand the app window to the full screen area, close the file window, and reopen the file in order to work again.
Similarly, if you hit "Shift + W" to view Presentation Mode, the application window always re-acquires…3 votes -
Typing reverses in import dialogue box field after error
InDesign 21.0.2. Language: UK English.
Immediately after a "You have not entered a valid cell range" error when trying to import data from an Excel file, typing reverses in the cell range field, i.e., 'print-area' becomes 'aera-tnirp' or 'A1:D5' becomes '5D:1A'.
This isn't a consistent error. By the way, both 'print_area' and 'A1:G50' are valid cell ranges. Resaving the .xlsx file, even down to a .xls, does not resolve the issue. Named ranges do not appear in the cell range drop-down.
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Display misalignment when dragging left and right.
When using Adobe InDesign, I encounter a display glitch whenever I pan left and right by holding down the spacebar, resulting in visual artifacts as shown in the screenshot. The display returns to normal after zooming with the Alt key, but the issue consistently reappears upon panning again.
I am running InDesign v20.5 (64-bit) on Windows 11.
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Dark Selection and Direct Selection tool icons
In the Dark and Medium appearance color theme, the Selection Tool and Direct Selection Tool are darker than the rest of the tool icons.
This is version 21.0.1 running on macOS Sequoia 15.7.2
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InDesign CC 2026 - Arrange windows does not use full screen area
When using InDesign without the application frame ("Anwendungsrahmen" in the german version we use) active, opening multiple documents and trying to arrange them with any of the options in Windows > Arrange ("Fenster" > "Anordnen") the windows are arranged according to the deactivated/invisible application frame and not the full screen as in previous versions. Also, when the application frame is scaled to the full screen and then deactivated, the arranged windows keep a thin row on the bottom of the screen free (and overlap in the vertical center by this amount). Please see attached screens for visualization.
InDesign Version: 21.0
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Unable to get rid of history and style pack icons on my workspace
The History and Style pack icons keep appearing on my InDesign workspace panels. I have tried creating several new workspaces, each time without these icons. However, they reappear each time I open a new document.
InDesign v21.0 on Windows 111 vote -
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 votePlease send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
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(Ver. 20.5) When measuring with the Gap Tool, the measurement remains grayed out
(Ver. 20.5) When measuring with the Gap Tool, the measurement remains grayed out and is very difficult to read, especially in dark mode. When measuring with another tool, e.g. the Measure Tool, the boxes with coordinates and measurements activate.
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properties>fill panel expands off page
Indesign Version 20.5 on OSX Tahoe
When inDesign is at the top of the screen (i.e maximum screen size), opening the properties panel and then clicking on fill extends the fill sub menu up the screen, rendering half of the sub menu not visible unless you drag the whole application down. I don't think this is intended UI behaviour (hope not), and it's really frustrating to work with.
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placed .svg - can't double click to select the svg content
Indesign 20.5, Windows 11, german
settings, perhaps relevant to the bug:
- is disabled: "highlight objects with selection tool"
- Extras > "Content Selection Tool" disabled/enabled – makes no differenceContext: you can double click pageItems with places images and vector graphics to move or scale the content.
With a placed SVG i can NOT double click to get to the the transformable orange content borders.I am forced to use either the "direct selection tool" (white arrow), the content selection tool (focus ring), or the "select content" icon in the controlpanel.
Can somebody confirm, please?
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Close/Minimize/Maximize buttons are hidden under the top menu on Mac OS
For some reason the very top bar of the InDesign window is hidden underneath the top menu (File, Edit, etc.), making it impossible to minimize or move the window to another monitor. Currently the only solution I've found is to unplug my external monitor's HDMI cable from my Macbook which forces the InDesign window to appear properly.
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Indesign rimane incastrato negli angoli
all'apertura del software, come si può notare in foto allegata, indesign rimane bloccato nell'angolo senza la possibilità di poterlo muovere in nessun modo, questo problema è presente ormai da diversi giorni e non riesco a capire come sistemare la situazione. Io uso il software per lavorare e facendo così non mi è permesso di continuare il mio lavoro. Ho provato ad disintallare e reinstallare, ma nulla.
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[ID-4214608]Page numbering of last pages not visible when View Pages is set to Horizontal in Pages panel.
When the pages panel is filled up vertically with the pages, and when the panel is set to "View Pages > Horizontally," the panel does not scroll all the way to the bottom, and the page numbers of the bottom pages are cut off.
This is easily reproducible in any new document with reset InDesign preferences.
27 votesHi,
We have been able to reproduce the issue and it is currently under investigation.
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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.
2 votes
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