Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Unable to deselect image in latest update
When selected multiple boxes (image, text, graphic etc.) In the latest update (21.4) I am unable to deselect the image box using shift if there is an image placed which I used to be able to do. I am currently selecting what I need manually which is a pain when dealing with lots of elements.
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alt text when placing multiple images
Not sure it's ready for prime time yet, but the AI generate alt text does not work when placing multiple images at once.
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CC Libraries thumbnail transparency
In InDesign 2026, CC Libraries does not correctly preview transparent white vector assets. “Show Transparency Grid” only displays the transparency grid outside the asset’s bounding box. The area inside the bounding box remains white, making white logos and icons invisible. For example, a round white logo is shown as a blank white square. The asset is transparent when placed in the document, so the issue affects the CC Libraries thumbnail only. Local InDesign Libraries show the object contours in the layer color, but CC Libraries offer no comparable visibility option.
Would prefer either:
- A transparent box with white preview…1 vote -
Bug de l'outil de révision
Bonjour à tous.
Depuis ce jour, je rencontre un problème très pénible avec l'outil de révision. Un décalage s'est produit entre les marques de révisions qui avaient été créées et les pages auxquelles elles étaient attachées... De plus tout les révisions avec du texte sélectionné ou barré sont parties se logées en haut à gauche de la planche concernées... Un truc de fou qui me met bien dans l'embarras pour faire le gros travail de correction que j'ai à faire....1 vote -
Severe image rendering corruption in InDesign on MacBook Pro M4 after macOS update
Description:
I am experiencing intermittent but repeatable image rendering corruption in Adobe InDesign on a brand-new 14-inch MacBook Pro (M4).
Symptoms:
Linked raster images (JPEG/PNG/PSD) initially display correctly.
After a short period of working, the images become corrupted on screen.
The corruption appears as vertical coloured lines, stretched pixels and black areas replacing the image content.
Vector objects and text remain unaffected.
The corruption affects multiple placed images within the document.
Relinking the affected image restores it temporarily, but the corruption returns.
The issue occurs across multiple InDesign documents.Additional observations:
Photoshop has also displayed occasional graphical glitches.
The issue…1 vote -
Disable auto-scroll (hover scroll) during drag & drop
While working in InDesign with large catalogs (200+ images), there is a major usability issue during drag & drop.
When dragging images into the document, the canvas automatically shifts horizontally as the cursor approaches the window edge (auto-scroll / hover scroll behavior).
This results in:
the layout “drifting” sideways after multiple placements
the need to constantly reposition the view (similar to a typewriter carriage shift)
significant slowdown in production workflowExpected behavior:
Option to completely disable auto-scroll
Or disable it specifically during drag & drop operationsCurrent limitation:
There is no setting in Preferences to control or disable this behavior.…
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links
In InDesign 2026 21.2, when opening an .indd document in a package folder, the links cannot be found in the Links folder, even though it is in the correct location.
Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2026 21.2 works.
Opening the .idml file in InDesign 2025 20.5.2 works normaly, and saving the document as .indd from InDesign 2025 and then opening it in InDesign 2026 works again.
This is therefore a serious bug in InDesign 2026.1 vote -
Inconsistent metadata display for Photoshop EPS vs TIFF in Links panel
When placing raster images exported from Photoshop into InDesign, there is inconsistent metadata shown in the Links panel between TIFF and Photoshop EPS formats.
Using the same source image exported as both TIFF and EPS (CMYK), InDesign displays full image metadata for the TIFF (including Actual PPI, Effective PPI, dimensions, ICC profile, and transparency), while the EPS only shows basic file information and omits all image-specific data.
Since the EPS in this case is a raster image generated by Photoshop as supported natively by InDesign, it should be interpreted similarly to TIFF and expose the same metadata. I remember this…
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grafik
Hi,
bei mir gibt es immer eine Anzeigefehler. Trotz neuen Rechner und Neuinstallation tritt dies auf.
Eine Hilfslinie oder Seite verschiebt sich zu Teilen um einen minimalen Absatz. So ist eine richtige Ausrichtung nicht möglich. Außerdem wird der Text oft verpixelt angezeigt.
Computer: Windows 11 25H2; Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900HX (2.20 GHz), Nvidia
Indesign: Adobe in Design 21.2 x64, Normale Anzeige,1 vote -
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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Content-Aware Fit produces poor crops / bad fit
In these “AI times,” how can “Content-Aware Fit” be so extremely bad at cropping images like these? It hasn’t improved between CC2019 and CC2026.
The feature could be very useful and does an okay job on many images, but when the results are this poor, it’s hard to use it at all in automated workflows.
I often get complaints that images that absolutely don’t need much cropping end up being cropped unnecessarily.
Is this something Adobe has in their backlog or roadmap to fix?
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graphic frame anchor proxy not visible
Graphic frame does not include an anchor proxy symbol (unanchored) or a small blue dot (anchored). Screen mode is normal, show hidden characters is enabled, frame is not on a master page.
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BUG: InDesign 2025–2026 forces pasted Illustrator vectors to embedded EPS
Description:
InDesign 2025–2026 frequently forces pasted Illustrator vector artwork to be placed as embedded EPS, even when the artwork is extremely simple (few paths, no effects, no transparency).When pasting from Illustrator, the following warning appears:
“This command would create a large number of page items and would severely degrade performance. Data will be placed as embedded EPS.”After confirming the warning, the pasted object is no longer editable:
- Ungroup is unavailable
- Individual vector paths cannot be selected
- Fill and stroke cannot be edited
- The object cannot be used as an image frameSteps to Reproduce:…
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Can't Resize Vertical or Horizontal Line If Width Is Zero. Angled Lines with Zero Width Can Be Resized
This happens when I create a horizontal or vertical line using the "shift" key, then try to resize the line using the selection tool and mouse.
This issue is present on InDesign 21.1 x64. My operating system is Windows 11. I have no InDesign Plugins installed.
I have experienced this issue on two different computers. The problem is not present on older versions of InDesign.
PROBLEM: When resizing a horizontal or vertical line, such as is created when holding down the 'shift' key, and that line has zero width, the line visually appears to change, then snaps back to its…
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error with image display
in a large brochure with a large number of images, some of them are not displayed in "Display Performsnce - Typical" mode - instead of the image, only a rectangle is visible. Moreover, in the "High quality display" mode, these images appear, and those that were displayed in the Typical mode, on the contrary, disappear. This all happens in the "normal" screen mode. In the preview screen mode, everything is displayed. (Display via the GPU is set)
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placing illustrator images
One of my students was having an issue when placing a native AI file inside InDesign 21.0 that the graphics became distorted. His image was not very complex. He had a some columns and rows of circles that display and print in a totally different way then they are in the Illustrator file, and some white shapes he had on top of a solid color area disappeared. Everything is fine in Indesign when it is first placed, but if he goes back into Illustrator makes a change and then updates the modified link, that is when the change occurs. The…
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copying and pasting from 2024 to 2025
When copying and pasting from 2024 files into a 2025 file the object come in as an image in one text frame, and 'paste remembers layer' does not work either to solve this problem because it brings them into on un-named layer. 2025 is not recognizing the individual items nor the individual layers they are on in 2024.
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Place/import file grey save delay
When placing an image file into InDesign, if recently saved, the file is greyed out and can't be imported (even if I wait). Have to exit import window and go back in. Super annoying.
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text won't appear over a pdf or imported image
when i import an image or a pdf, any text that i try to have over it (such as putting a page number in the corner of the page) disappears. it's not that the text doesn't appear when the imported file isn't there, just that it is disappearing as it goes "beneath" the image or pdf. sending the imported file to back or the text to front does nothing.
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