Can't drag objects
I am unable to drag objects/textbox/etc in InDesign. I can resize using corner handles but I'm unable to click and drag object to desired location I've uninstalled, reinstalled, shutdown, restarted, cleared all settings, etc and nothing seems to work. I have never encountered this issue in all my years of using InDesign. Please help!
Alvina
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Hello All,
We thank you for your patience all this while.
Addressing this problem has been tricky for us given the random nature of the issue.
Determined to resolve the issue, we had launched our investigation into the matter to identify the root cause and fix it.
Many of you must have received email from us seeking more details about the issue.
We have concluded our investigation and came up with the below mentioned finding:
It was found that, most of the times, users were trying to drag an empty polygon which was leading the confusion because the legacy behaviour of InDesign allows dragging of polygon only from its edges or the centre most point.
If the user tries to drag it from any other position, the object cannot be moved.
We have tried to improve the user experience in this regard. You can try the same in InDesign’s latest version id 14.0.3.
Please download and install id 14.0.3 and let us know your feedback on the new experience.
Note:
If you are unable to drag other types of objects (other than empty polygons), please check the memory usage of your system. It has been observed that when the memory usage reaches the critical level, dragging of the objects become difficult.
As a workaround, you may either try to close some applications or restart the system.
Regards,
InDesign team
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Adele Birchall commented
i have the same issue ive just installed Indesign on a new pc and none of the usual tools are working correctly, i cant drag, relinking images is uber slow - this is not how im used to being able to work and means im unable to do anything i want to. you can see on the attached its just not allowing it as it should
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rjn
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Clicking and dragging control panel widgets left or right, expecting values to decrease or increase with live preview. But this does not work in InDesign. On same machine (Macbook pro) it works fine for Photoshop. Is this as expected in InDesign currently? InDesign version shows 16.4. Mac OS Big Sur 11.5.2.
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Anonymous
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I also closed Photoshop and it started working again...
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Anonymous
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Closing photoshop solved the problem for me. I wonder what causes this interference.
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Jess Higgison
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I had this bug, tried deleting pref, restarting etc.
What worked for me - I was able to select the edge of the frame by clicking where the link icon was, then cut the object and pasted it again. Then I was able to move it. Strange, but worked for me - worth a shot!
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Jess Clarke
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This happened to me!! I had Photoshop and InDesign open at the same time!
- save your work and close both Photoshop AND InDesign, then reopen InDesign.
I can now select and drag with my Selection Tool. Good luck! -
Jaime
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I had this come up, and while I don't know if this will fix it for everyone, I did a bunch of testing and it worked for my specific case.
The problem happened when I had Photoshop AND InDesign AND Windows Explorer open. In Photoshop I dragged a photo from Windows Explorer into the Photoshop canvas to create a new layer. Then I dragged some objects from InDesign to Photoshop to make another layer. This broke everything.
Dragging not only stopped working for InDesign, but ALSO for Windows Explorer. Going into task manager to restart windows explorer didn't work. I literally couldn't drag Windows files from a Windows Explorer window to anywhere, which I have never seen in my life.
Anyways, closing InDesign and then closing Photoshop fixed things immediately, and I could drag in InDesign and drag in Windows Explorer again. It seems like the drag feature is tied into the actual operating system's drag?
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Anonymous
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Clicking on the "free transform tool" returns the cursor to it's normal ability to move things as it should. This tool must be selected for me to move objects. Super annoying bug.
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rbeccs
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Same issue. SUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPER ANNOYING. FIX IT. Can't move any items (text, images, boxes). Read the threads --> no solution provided. Tried restarting computer and restarting InDesign. Can't do any work. FIX IT>
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andrew
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tried closing photoshop, still had the issue. tried this other option seen below and it seems to work.
1. Save all work
2. Open Windows Task Manager
3. Right click and restart Windows Explorer .exe -
Melissa
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Simply closing Photoshop worked for me too!
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SHG NZ commented
Out of the blue, this started happening to me too.
Closing photoshop was the only solution that seemed to work. -
Dan
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Still have this issue... Thats it. I'm moving over to Affinity.. Adobe is useless...
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Emma
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The problem has come up again. Now I can't even move objects with the arrows. I have installed the latest version and I can't move anything. I have emptied out all the temp files and so on. Everything was working fine yesterday. It's now 10.30 pm and I am going to have to uninstall and reinstall the whole programme to trry and fix this issue.
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Anonymous
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I found a solution that worked for me !!!!
1. Save all work
2. Open Windows Task Manager
3. Right click and restart Windows Explorer .exe -
Stephanie
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Mine was fixed as well in Feb.
Now it's March 6th and now it's doing the same thing AGAIN!
I"ve used Indesign every day for the past couple weeks on a huge project due and now out of nowhere, it's not working again!! -
Ethan G Nicolle
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I closed photoshop and it worked again.
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Mike Pena
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Fixed! Feb 2020. Just closed all Adobe, Updated all Apps that needed updating. Opened InDesign. The objects are now are able to move. Fixed!
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Nikki
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Same issue in January 2020, VERY aggravating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cs
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Wow with work to hand-in in less than a week, and this software decides to stop working. Thanks.
