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InDesign freezes when clicking a menu item before it becomes highlighted
I have encountered a reproducible UI bug in the latest version of Adobe InDesign on macOS Sequoia.
The issue occurs when using the application menus:
- Open a menu (for example Layout).
- Move the mouse to a menu item, but click very quickly, before the item has had time to become highlighted/active.
- If the click lands in the area of the menu item while it is still not highlighted, InDesign may immediately become completely unresponsive.
- The application cannot be interacted with anymore and has to be force-quit (
killall InDesign/ Force Quit).
The problem is not document-specific and can be reproduced with a new, empty document.
It seems to be related to the menu's mouse hit-testing or hover/highlight state: essentially, clicking a menu item faster than the UI can update its highlighted state can cause the entire application to freeze.
This is particularly easy to trigger for users who work quickly and are accustomed to clicking menu items immediately after opening a menu.
Keyboard shortcuts work normally, so I currently avoid using the menus whenever possible.
Expected behavior:
If the user clicks a menu item before its visual highlight has updated, InDesign should either activate the item normally or simply ignore the click. It should not freeze the entire application.
Actual behavior:
InDesign becomes completely unresponsive and requires a force quit.
Zdeněk Buchta
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