Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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zoom selection issue
Zoomin using CMD+Shift results in the zoom selection moving weirdly while dragging the zoom selection and renders zooming completely unusable.
I assume that has something to do with UI scaling?
- Indesign 21.2
- macOS 26.3.1
- 4K display set to a scaled resolution of 1440p
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Panel Flickering
🐞 Adobe InDesign Bug Report — CC Libraries Panel Flickering on External Monitor (macOS Tahoe)
Product: Adobe InDesign
Version: 2026 (26.3.1)
Operating System: macOS Tahoe 26.3.1
Hardware: MacBook Pro M4
Displays: External monitor + built‑in laptop display
Panel Affected: CC Libraries panel
Reproducibility: 100%
Severity: High (UI flicker makes the panel difficult or unpleasant to use)Summary of the Issue
The CC Libraries panel flickers continuously when InDesign 2026 (26.3.1) is used on a MacBook Pro M4 connected to an external display. The flicker is limited to the panel UI itself and does not affect other panels or the document…1 vote -
(InDesign)Problem with metadata after conversion v15 to v20
After converting some old .indd files to v20 from v15 I see that custom metadata is completely wrong. I’d assume that during conversion InDesign finds old metadata packets and set incorrect values
Here is the cimpress:Id value we have before conversion which is correct(pic1)But after conversion to v20(v19 works correct) I got something like this(pic2):
To convert the file you need to simply open BEFORE_CONVERSION.indd in v20 IndesignExpected result is cimpress:Id have same value as pic1.png
Actual result is pic2.png
Is it possible to fix conversion process somehow, because it breaks a lot of flows and makes migration…4 votes -
Creating a new document - size changes
I'm on the latest version of Adobe InDesign (although this has been an issue for a while now). When creating a new document and changing the page size, margins etc. InDesign changes it back, I have to do this 3-4 times before it gives me the correct size or sometimes I have to go with the size InDesign has selected and change it once the new document has been opened. And no it's not because the margins don't work with the size of the document I want to create. I'm not the only one in the office with this issue…
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"Schrift wird hinzugefügt..." Adobe Font automatic updates crash the whole process while packing Data. ("Daten verpacken")
Version 21.2
While trying to pack up files /export the whole package indesign crashes and doesnt continue due to background activities:
it tries to activate fonts i have already licensed via adobe fonts. the process is absolutely critical, while my customers are waiting for the data, there is time consuming workarounds I have to step through. Switching back and forth between deactivating and activating fonts, closing all my open files I am working at is a time consuming hustle. These errors ocurred in previous versions and I hoped they had been fixed. Unfortunately the hustle still occurs.1 vote -
Freezing when working via network drive
When working with a file directly from a shared network drive (or p: drive) Adobe InDesign will intermittently freeze/hang up and require a forced shutdown/task manager or a full computer restart.
There is no crash log generated until the application is force closed so event viewer does not show anything relevant until after I've closed the program. There is nothing to suggest that there was a process running that caused the error (per event viewer logs).
I can work on that same file when it's saved locally.
I am currently on the latest version of Adobe InDesign, and I did…
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Print preview not displaying in Windows 11 25H2
InDesign Version: 21.2 x64
When selecting "Print" from the File menu (see Image 1), the print preview cannot be viewed on this initial screen. Because of this, when I click the "Printer..." button at the bottom to open the system print dialog (see Image 2), the print preview fails to display regardless of which printer I select. This appears to be an application-side issue.
I suspect this problem occurs because the preview format used by Windows differs from the one used by InDesign. Since it is unlikely that Microsoft will adapt to Adobe's specifications, I request that the Adobe development…
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Slow and buggy when running of Dropbox or Pcloud
When I use Indesign with Dropbox or Pcloud files, even really small files it lags and becomes unusable. I have raised this issue with adobe in the past a few times direclty and they have somehow managed to fix it but it seems like every 2nd or 3rd update it comes back. Now days people use cloud services as we need to work with global teams so we need to ensure that Indesign is always able to work with what ever links that we throw at it.
I know there is a fix, because 1x a few years ago I…
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21.2 full of bugs! Won't load colors and constantly stops working!
Full of problems! Colors won't load, can't resize anything without program crashing.
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Indesign 21.2 - font or some other background task is running but not shown in the upper task bar
INdesign 21.2 - Windows 11 - some font or other background task runs in the background (nice swirling circle) and I can't change any fonts or adjust boxes or anything. The actual background task indicator is not even showing so I have to save file file and "crash out" indesign because it won't close otherwise (get the background task error) when I start it up again it's fine - extremely frustrating! Does this on BOTH of my computers. How can I stop this????
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Losing the ability to use 'undo' [Command-Z] function.
I'm frequently losing the ability to use 'undo' [Command-Z] function. It's not all the time, but when it happens I can't undo anything. I have to quit InDesign and re open it to fix it. A few hours later it strikes again. There doesn't seem to be anything obvious triggering this. It's not crashing, it's just not functioning.
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jpeg vs jpg
- InDesign (21.2) , Illustrator (30.2.1), Dropbox 243.4.6956, MacOS 15.7.4, M4 Macbook Pro Max
- Linked files with JPEG extensions within an Illustrator file (.ai), that are placed into an InDesign Document, initially show up, but then disappear if the Illustrator file is edited after being placed within an InDesign Document. 3/4. Linked JPEG files should appear in the InDesign file, but disappear.
- It appears as though saving the JPEG file as a JPG file solves the issue, but this has never been an issue in the past. It's a problem with 100's of legacy InDesign Documents if i need to go…
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AI Generated Alt Text Overriding Manual Alt Text
I have Generative AI disabled on my Mac and had manually entered alt-text on 2 images. Another user in my organisation, who had not disabled it, made some minor text amends on my file and my atl-text was overwritten.
I feel that any image that already has alt-text manually added should not be altered by this feature.
Also it would be good that when the feature is turned on it could have an option to only affect images added to the Articles Panel as that is the most common way of setting the tag order.
Mac OS 15.7.4 InDesign 21.2
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Cropped content inside frames becomes visible on older mobile PDF viewers.
I found a rendering issue in InDesign 2021 (and potentially newer versions). When an image or PDF is placed inside a frame (cropped), the content outside the frame boundaries is still being rendered on older mobile devices' PDF viewers.
Steps to reproduce:
- Place a large PDF/Image inside a smaller InDesign frame.
- Export as a standard PDF (Interactive or Print - High Quality).
- View the PDF on an older smartphone (e.g., older Android/iOS built-in viewers).
- The "hidden" parts outside the frame are visible.
The content outside the frame should be completely clipped or removed from the render stream to ensure privacy…
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The software window's focus jumps between multiple desktops.
When I create multiple desktops on the same monitor, I drag the InDesign window to another desktop for work, and after a few operations within the software, the focus of the screen will immediately jump to the other desktop. System: macOS 26.2
Software version: 21.21 vote -
GPU flickering/blinking
! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !
FIX THE ******* BLINKING OF INDESIGN.
! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !I've tolerated this for years.
No one cares if it's a MAC vs ADOBE issue.
No one cares if it's a GPU vs CPU rendering issue.
Find the team on the other side and FIX THIS.
You know what suite never does this? AFFINITY.
This is NOT acceptable.1 vote -
InDesign refuses to run if it can't verify our license ONE TIME, wasting a full day of work.
First off, you're missing a bug category: LICENSING
Now the real defect: InDesign refuses to launch if it can't contact the license server ONCE. So... if you're on a long-distance flight and have a bunch of work to do, YOU CAN'T. There is no excuse for this. Any competent software will run temporarily in that instance.
Furthermore, we have a fully-paid license. There is no reason for the software to check its license any more frequently than the billing cycle. At every check, the server should report to the software what the end of the currently-paid period is and the…
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World-Ready Composer – Nonbreaking & Flush Bugs
NOTE: Please see the attached screenshots
Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer ONLYNONBREAKING SPACE (FLEXIBLE) BEHAVES AS FIXED WIDTH:
The "Nonbreaking Space" fails to expand/compress in justified text. It stays at a fixed width, making it identical to the "Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width)".MULTIPLE FLUSH SPACES FAIL TO DISTRIBUTE EQUALLY:
In a single line only the last Flush Space in the line expands, while the others behave like standard spaces.
Expected behavior:
NONBREAKING SPACE: Should flex with justification.
FLUSH SPACES: Should distribute the empty space equally between all instances in the line.System Info: MacOS+Windows
All InDesign versions
Adobe World-Ready Paragraph…105 votes -
Remove Forced Line Breaks messes up Page Navigation markers
When exporting as Reflowable EPUB with Page Navigation turned on, page markers need to be inserted immediately before the first word on the page. Often, this will be inside a paragraph.
However, in InDesign 21.2, is the "Remove Forced Line Breaks" option is turned on, the markers are only being placed as <div> tags and never as <span> tags. This means that the page break markers are only placed between block elements and never inside them, so they don't accurately reflect where the page breaks occur in the print layout.
Current export example:
<p>A full paragraph with a page break…1 vote -
Bug Hyperlink character style applied
When copy/pasting a text frame, and the text frame contains a hyperlink without a character style applied, in the new pasted frame the hyperlink has the Hyperlink character style applied. Do not change formatting when copy/pasting text frames.
1 vote
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