Mouse-click in menus becomes disabled
InDesign 12.1.0.56; macOS Sierra 10.12.5; Magic Mouse
The issue varies with any file. I have mostly seen this occur when in the Find/Change window, or when I try and select a font. My mouse will not be able to click (select) anything in the drop down menus. I am able to select with my keyboard by using the arrows and "return" key. To get the mouse to click (select) an option from a drop down menu, I must first restart InDesign and then open the same file.
John Stewart
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Based on the recent comments from users saying that they are no longer encountering this issue after the release of 14.0.1, we are marking this as Fixed.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Joseph Abbott
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Sorry— That's InDesign 2018 (also previously on 2017) on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
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Joseph Abbott
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Suspecting this is the same problem I have, where I can bring up a dropdown menu (e.g., vertical alignment in the text frame options box) but not select anything on it unless I use the arrow keys and enter/return.
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London Crockett
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When I try to convert a Paragraph (or a Paragraph Style) from bullets to numbers, I can't. This is a new problem with the crash-prone InDesign CC 2018.
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Julien
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Selection with pointer into popup menu doesn't work
InDesign CC 2018 on Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 -
Anonymous
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When in Text Frame Options (cmd + b) I cannot change the vertical justification to anything other than top. Clicking the arrow causes the drop down menu to work, but when clicking top/centre/bottom/justify everything defaults to 'top'.
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Ben Gleason
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Everyone on my team is having this issue after the recent update. It's most annoying when trying to define or edit styles - you can't select anything from a drop down menu.
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William Overbeeke
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I am having the same issue. It is very annoying to always have to use the arrow keys and return key, especially in menus that have many options. I haven't tried restarting InDesign yet.
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Anonymous
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Same here, can’t change any pdf presets since High Sierra, InDesign CC2017 and CC2018. Any suggestions to fix this?
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Jonathan Kreuzer
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Same thing here El Capitan 10.11.16. Problem was solved first after shutting down my IMAC but now it does not work at all even after shutting down the Computer.
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Vanessa
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Same thing here, I have to close and reopen InDesign. I thought it would be corrected with InDesign 2018, but no, it isn’t. I'm on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
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Anonymous
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I'm experiencing the same issue. OS Sierra here. Same issue with exporting jpeg, none of the setting dropdowns are working.
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Anonymous
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I select an item from the a drop down menu but it won't register the change, the selected value just snaps back to the previous value.
Sometimes if I change another menu on the dialog it then starts working, sometimes not.
I've seen this on various menus throughout including font selection, pdf settings, type on path settings etc.
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Yoshi Abe
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The same problem on my InDesign with High Sierra. Can't change presets pull down. I can't change some individual parameters manually either on expott.
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Stefano Caprioli
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Have the same problem, please fix it asap : )
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John Stewart
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Thank you! That does work. It is a bit annoying, but will suffice until a new update arrives. One sometimes just doesn't think to use the "old tried and true."
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Amir
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This is a huge headache for productivity at our print shop. When I click the drop down menu for preset when exporting, it refuses to let me pick any other preset besides what its currently set to.
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Wolf Kamm
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Same config here; but click & hold (like in the old days) always works for me when clicking alone doesn’t.