Adobe InDesign: Bugs
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Locked objects get selected
Not sure why adobe changed the lock of an item. It used to work perfect to lock my background objects. Now, it I have background objects; they still get selected even if they are locked; it's such a huge inconvenience and waste of time to sort selected objects. Please fix or put back the lock object.
4 votesOption ‘Prevent Selection of Locked Objects’ (under Preferences > General) should be checked. When this option is checked, it does not allow locked objects to get selected.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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import options are collapsed (CC2017)
when importing a file, the import options are collapsed, so you always have to check if the "import options" are marked. can reproduce. should be uncollapsed like the versions before.
4 votesPlease update InDesign to the latest version, InDesign CC 2018 (13.0) for the fix of the issue.
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Change to gap tool made it useless for measurement
PRior to the latest update I could use the gap tool to hover between items and see in a moment the distance between them. Now the text color is so pale I can barely see it when hovering. Probably not an intentional change.
4 votesWe have made improvements to the readability aspect in the Control panel fields when using the Gap Tool in InDesign CC 2018. You will see a marked change as compared to InDesign CC 2017.
Closing this thread as we are no more hearing from users about this issue.Thanks,
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Running Header Removes ZWNJ (Zero-width non-joiner) Character (U+200C)
I want to use Running Header to have the section name at the top of the pages.
The section title has Zwnj character (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_non-joiner) but running header removes this character (U+200C).
for more information see the attached image4 votesWe have released an update for InDesign CC2019 (v 14.0.1) which contains fixes for some key issues. If you are not already on 14.0.1 (build 209), then we recommend you to update to latest version.
If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :
Reproducible Steps –
• Try opening the document with other option (File→Open(Copy))
• What were you doing when the issue was observed in InDesign?
• Error snapshot or video recording of the issue.
• Please share sample document(s)/asset(s) with us? Please package the entire document(To package the document, Go to File → Package)Adobe InDesign team
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InDesign interface has issues after exiting touch mode
To replicate the bug, have at least two documents open.
After using touch mode and then switching to normal (essentials), the status bar at the end of the current document (contains pages, etc.) will look a little rough. In the document that was not focused, the entire status bar background is missing. In addition, on that document the scrollbars disappear and flash while you scroll, which is a little disturbing for your eyes.4 votes -
Image containers deselects everything else
The usual workflow is to select multiple assets and move them across the page with one click and drag. In this case I have 3 elements—a graphic container that has a photo pasted inside; beneath it a shape and a text box on top.
The bug is that when I have all three selected and I click on the image container, everything else gets deselected and only the image container remains selected (as if I clicked on it for the first time).
The workaround is to select all 3 elements and click on the text box or the shape in…3 votes -
align tool and moving groups
Mac OS 26.5
Indesign 21.4
Something has gone wrong with the align to object tool. It has stopped working. If I select a group of objects, then try to select the 'align to' object, nothing happens. It's as if the feature isn't there.
Also selecting multiple objects and dragging an image box de-selects them all. If I drag a text box, this seems to work.3 votes -
[ID-4281595] Share for Review Comment Emails Render Raw HTML Instead of Formatted Text
Share for Review email notifications contain raw HTML code in the message body. Comment text is wrapped in visible <pre style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space:pre-line;"> tags that render as code rather than formatted text, making the emails difficult to read. The HTML should be rendered, not displayed as raw markup.
3 votesThanks for reporting this issue.
We are currently reviewing this.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Wheel of death when placing images
Lately, the spinning wheel has been appearing, especially when I place a photo via drag-and-drop, but also when I use the "Place" command from the menu. When the spinning wheel appears (and stays there), I can close or save the document, but the undo/redo functions no longer work, other functions work limited. After closing all documents, I have to force-quit the application; otherwise, InDesign won’t close. When I reopen it, sometimes it loads previously closed documents with recovery, even though I closed them myself. The "CPU Preview / Preflight Off" mode doesn’t work. I work with local documents (I don’t…
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21.2 Acting Strange
I updated to 21.2 and ever since then, I have had these things happen:
1. Freezes (beach ball spinning)
2. Unable to "undo" (the undo is greyed out and Indesign seems to have no memory of the last event
3. Icons get stuck. When I change tools, it still is showing the magnifying glass tool not the selection or type tool. But I acts like that tool is active (so can type text, but shows magnifying glass icon)
4. Is crashing A LOT! And it has been years since I have had any issues with Indeisgn crashing.Anyone know what…
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AI content labelling
Hi, I just opened indesign to see my own work labelled as AI generated. I haven't used any AI tools to produce any of my data, yet it appears as such in many instances. Are these metadata stores upon export too? How is Adobe going to address this? This basically robs me of my copyrights. Would appreciate if this was only toggle on/off feature, and not the default.
Cheers,
Tomas3 votes -
InDesign for macOS clearing Undo stack
- Adobe InDesign 2026 v21.2.0.30 for macOS
- Restart macOS, Open document in InDesign, and work with document normally.
- Undo should remain available, with a long history of undo steps while working on a document.
- During the course of working with the document at some point the history will clear and undo will become unavailable via keyboard shortcut, menu, or the panel.
This behavior is similar to the behavior described in ID-4274243 (https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/50813147--id-4274243-indesign-clearing-undo-stack-frequent?linkId=100000398096855) but unlike that issue, this is affecting users on macOS and is present in v21.2.0.30.
Two users on our staff are affected, both are running macOS 26.3…
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"Repair file" Pops up when trying to 'Save' a file... InDesign closes without saving
When opening an InDesing file with the new 2026 version, the file opens without any issues at all.
No missing links, no missing fonts. Opens OK.When trying to save that file, which was created by previous InDesign version (2025), InDesign encounters an issue while saving. A pop-up asks if I want to "Repair the file". I hit the "Repair" button. InDesign app closes abruptly.
So, I used another way to save the file without 'Saving As', nor replacing the file.
I opened the exact same file made with a previous version of InDesign, hit 'Save as', select IDML, and…
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Ongoing performance issues with large InDesign files
We’re running into frequent slowdowns and crashes when working with large InDesign documents (lots of pages, linked assets, complex styles, long text flows). It’s happening across multiple machines, not just one setup.
At Tech Formation, we support teams that depend on InDesign for real production work, and these issues are starting to affect delivery timelines and workflows.
It would be great to know whether this is a known issue and whether there’s any workaround or logging we can enable to help diagnose it.3 votes -
text dissapere when editing
The documents text dissapeares when I'm editing text - why - and I have the latest version 21.1
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Tables and text randomly disappear in Adobe InDesign document
While working in Adobe InDesign, tables and text frames intermittently disappear from the document, even though their frames and guides are still visible. As shown in the attached image, content that should be displayed (tables and text) is no longer visible on the page layout.
This issue occurs during normal editing and navigation of the document and does not appear to be related to hidden layers or visibility settings. The problem affects document review and editing, making it difficult to verify content accuracy.
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ePub synthetic spread export not including xml / html language tags
Version 21.0
When exporting a Fixed Layout EPUB with the <Enable Synthetic Spreads> option, the language tags are not exporting in the HTML, which is an issue for accessibility. The language tags ARE exported properly when the <Convert Spread to Landscape Page> option is chosen, so this clearly seems to be a glitch with this particular export option.
I would expect the following code to be at the top of each of the HTML files <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">, and this at the top of the OPF file: <package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="3.0" unique-identifier="bookid" prefix="ibooks: http://vocabulary.itunes.apple.com/rdf/ibooks/vocabulary-extensions-1.0/" xml:lang="en">
However, the exported files…
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Linked images are not loading after Mac OS upgrade to Tahoe 26.2
Linked images are coming up distorted/warped after upgrading my Mac's OS to Tahoe 26.2. Can be corrected by manually relinking all the images, but what a pain. Screenshot example included.
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[ID-4274715] Missing anchoredObjectSettings for FlexObject in DOM
The anchoredObjectSettings for FlexObject is missing in DOM.
So it’s impossible to manipulate the anchor properties of a Flex Layout inside a text frame.Please, fix it and expose the anchoredObjectSettings of a flex layout object.
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Show Import Options no longer stays checked
The "show import options" box will not stay checked in the "Place" window. Sometimes it does stay checked for one or two items but if you are importing more than that it will not stay checked.
Previously it stayed checked until the next time that inDesign was restarted. This may seem minor but is an extreme inconvenience and severely hindering workflow.
Version: 20.5
Steps to reproduce:
1. While working in document, Control+D (or "File>Place")
2. Sees "Show Import Options" is unchecked, check box
3. Place object
4. Control+D to place new object
5. Sees "Show Import Options" is unchecked AGAIN,…3 votes
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