When attempting to use the Text Tool to creat a text frame by using the click / drag / release method either nothing happens (99% of the time), the text frame is invisble (I confirmed a text frame was created by viewing 'Undo Create Text Frame'), the release of the mouse pointer occurs on its own.

Expected result: create a text frame in a single movement: left click the mouse on a location, drag while the mouse button is held down, release the button to create a text frame

Actual result: 99% of the time nothing

When using the click / drag / release method with the Zoom tool nothing happens.

I believe the two observed problem are related.

I have closed InDesign and renamed the InDesign Defaults file and reopened InDesign to create a fresh defaults file. No joy.

I even purchased Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book 2024 Release in hope that there woul be a clue to the problem there. The same problem exists using their lesson files.

In the past I have never encountered this problem.

My system:

Intel Core i7 @ 3.41 GZ x64 / 16 GB Ram with plenty of free disk space
Windows 10 Home 22H2 x64
InDesign 19.5