Adobe InDesign: Bugs
When filing a new bug, please provide:
- Version of Adobe InDesign, InCopy or InDesign Server
- Steps to reproduce the issues
- Expected result
- Actual result
- Test file, screenshot, video or GIF capturing the issue (optional)
- or
No existing idea results
- ~ No ideas found ~
7722 results found
-
Varningsruta
Får en varningsruta så fort jag ska använda InDesign, kommer upp ofta.
Version 21.4 x64
Fungerade bra innan uppgraderingen.Vad kan ha hänt?
1 vote -
The assignments panel is not showing in the editorial menu.
I've already tried to reset the preferences, but no luck with that. It's just not there.
1 vote -
Telugu text rendering issues.. Rendering Sunna (O) with wrong spacing in InDesign
Telugu text rendering issues.. Rendering Sunna (O) with wrong spacing in InDesign. Same text using same font Illustrator is rendering correctly. Here are the samples.
1 vote -
Bug in paragraph style options Indesign 21.3
The full list of options not showing in paragraph styles in version 21.3 In particular in wasn't showing Grep style options. I uninstalled 21.3 and reinstalled version 21 and it worked fine.
1 vote -
lines in pictures
I have a problem with the application. When I open it, all my pictures have lines. Can someone help me?
1 vote -
export failed background task
I've got an error message when I try to export a PDF. What can I do??
1 vote -
Add feature: 'oepn in new window' for creating hyperlinks within InDesign Document and exporting to interactive PDF.
Working on creative cloud Adobe InDesign 2026
Add feature: 'open in new window' for hyperlinks within InDesign document, so that you don't navigate away from interactive PDF when you click on hyperlinks within the document.
1 vote -
PDF export
Error when exporting to PDF file - shadow on the bottom and right side of the image (there should be none because the shadow is outside the page).
Adobe InDesign CC 2026 ver. 21.3 (Windows 11)
1 vote -
Cursor Disappearing when placing images or resizing bounding box
Cursor is disappearing when placing images and resizing bounding box. It's extremely annoying.
InDesgin 21.3
OS Tahoe 26.4.1
1 vote -
Export to Flat psd --- not flat
Export As..., option 'Flat image' does not result in an actual flat image. the result is a layer in Photoshop, instead of a Background / flat image.
Why is this important? Because in InDesign, only really flat grayscales can be given a color. Unfortunately, the result of the Ai export has to be flattened in Photoshop before it can be used to color it in InDesign.1 vote -
Can't edit page elements when updated from 2024 to 2026 versions of inDesign
My book that is roughly 200+ pages was created in 2023 and was editable in all versions until I got to 2026. My computer's processing power is not in question, but I can no longer edit elements that were created on previous versions. If I make new pics, text blocks, or anything, those are editable, but nothing else. If I try and revert the file, it warns me that I may LOSE my material if trying to go back.. This is unacceptable. In ever instance I don't want to open the file in the newest version and each time it is updated on my computer "Stealthily" and pushes through the conversion.
Maybe I'm missing something, is there a setting I need to have ON or OFF in order to edit all aspects of a page?
If it's not this, then you have a bug that needs to be addressed.
pic below, you notice the edit border on the text to the left; if I click on the right page text options, nothing happens, it can't be manipulated, selected or changed in any way.
My book that is roughly 200+ pages was created in 2023 and was editable in all versions until I got to 2026. My computer's processing power is not in question, but I can no longer edit elements that were created on previous versions. If I make new pics, text blocks, or anything, those are editable, but nothing else. If I try and revert the file, it warns me that I may LOSE my material if trying to go back.. This is unacceptable. In ever instance I don't want to open the file in the newest version and each time it…
1 vote -
Keep setting of PDF export when cancalling the export
Please make InDesign remember file name and other settings when user interrupts process of exporting PDF.
Typical scenario: you start exporting PDF, you select the right folder, file name. InDesign the displays warning, some files are missing. So I cancel the export, fix the links. Unfortunately the time I spend looking for right folder, setting the right file name is not respected, I have to start the whole process again. It is annoying if you have a complex structure of folders located on a server share.
1 vote -
1 vote
-
Overprint Preview does not work until cursor is moved
When switching between Normal Mode and Overprint Preview, Overprint Preview does not immediately switch/preview until I move my cursor. My Display Performance is set to Typical Display.
1 vote -
InDesign fails to open .indd files from Finder when full path is long on APFS external drive
Environment:
- macOS: 26.4.1
- InDesign version: 21.3
- Drive format: APFS external SSD
- File location: /Volumes/nollueP41/작업드라이브/01프로젝트별/국립환경인재개발원/01_폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기/작업/폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기.inddSteps to reproduce:
1. Place an .indd file in a deep folder path on an APFS external drive.
2. Double-click the .indd file in Finder.
3. InDesign launches or becomes active, but shows the error:
“Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'.”
4. Move the same file to the root level or a shorter path on the same external drive.
5. Double-click again.Expected result:
The .indd file should open normally from Finder regardless of full path length, as long as the path is valid in macOS.Actual result:
The file fails to open from Finder when the full path is long. The same file opens normally via File > Open inside InDesign, and also opens when dragged into the InDesign window. Other file types such as PDF open normally from the same folder path.Additional notes:
This appears to be an InDesign-specific issue handling long full paths passed from Finder, not a macOS file system issue.Environment:
- macOS: 26.4.1
- InDesign version: 21.3
- Drive format: APFS external SSD
- File location: /Volumes/nollueP41/작업드라이브/01프로젝트별/국립환경인재개발원/01_폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기/작업/폐기물처리 및 자원순환의 이해 2기.inddSteps to reproduce:
1. Place an .indd file in a deep folder path on an APFS external drive.
2. Double-click the .indd file in Finder.
3. InDesign launches or becomes active, but shows the error:
“Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'.”
4. Move the same file to the root level or a shorter path on the same external drive.
5. Double-click again.Expected result:
The .indd file should open normally from…1 vote -
Colour swatch in Effects panel previews as RGB instead of CMYK
My working document is CMYK. When I open my Effects panel to change a swatch colour in the Blending section, it previews the colour as RGB, not CMYK. When you click on the swatch to bring up the Effect Colour panel, the swatch shows as the CMYK breakdown. The initial Blending option panel is incorrectly previewing as RGB and the swatches do not correlate. This occurs on all colours and all FX.
1 vote -
Split Screen and Multi Window Screen Redraw Issues (diagonal slash)
I have the same error occurring on two machines (different Adobe accounts) - both fresh (a month old) installations of InDesign 2026 (V21.3)
Whenever viewing in Multi-Window (two documents side by side) or Split Screen (same document with two viewports side by side). Making minor edits often causes the top portion of one window or the other to go blank diagonally across the screen(see images). It gets filled in either white or the pasteboard color.
Scrolling up/down will correctly redraw content that comes into view, but whatever was already in the frame buffer stays and the blank area just scrolls up/down until you completely scroll to all new content.
This seems to happen whether either window is in "NORMAL" or "PREVIEW" mode and often when switching focus between windows, typically in the window losing focus. If the window receiving focus already has the blank diagonal area it briefly shows the full page then the diagonal comes back. In some cases both windows can have the diagonal slash across them.
Please remove whatever moronic new AI tool got shoved into the software and broke this basic function that has worked fine for 20 years - I have actual work I need to do!
I have the same error occurring on two machines (different Adobe accounts) - both fresh (a month old) installations of InDesign 2026 (V21.3)
Whenever viewing in Multi-Window (two documents side by side) or Split Screen (same document with two viewports side by side). Making minor edits often causes the top portion of one window or the other to go blank diagonally across the screen(see images). It gets filled in either white or the pasteboard color.
Scrolling up/down will correctly redraw content that comes into view, but whatever was already in the frame buffer stays and the blank area just…
1 vote -
eyedropper tool no longer copies text formatting
The eyedropper tool no longer copies text formatting from a selected source and applying to new text. At best, it changes the color, but not the typeface, weight, character attributes. When highlighting the source text, the eyedropper properly changes to loaded with the "T" - but still doesn't apply the text formatting correctly.
No character or paragraph styles have been applied.
Eyedropper settings are set correctly to copy the formatting.Problem persists despite resetting Indesign preferences, rebooting, manually deleting indesign preferences, rebooting, updating to latest version, rebooting.
Very annoying bug that clearly slows down work.
1 vote -
Use Typographers Quotes preference keeps being deselected
I’m using InDesign 21.1. This isn’t a new bug – it has been around for a while. I often discover that the Use Typographers Quotes is deselected, and I never deslect it. I don’t believe there’s a keyboard command that I inadvertently press that does it, so I have no idea why this happens.
Has anyone else encountered it? A minor irritant, but I finally got around to reporting it. Thanks!
1 vote -
home
Home Welcome Screen Blank After Update on all Apps
After the recent set of updates, Indesign does not show the welcome screen. When i try to create a new document (CNTRL+N, File>New>Document) the app hangs and i have to restart the app. I am able to open existing files, but not create new ones. Worked around the problem by selecting "Use Legacy New Document Dialog", but i would like to get my home/Welcome screen back.1 vote
- Don't see your idea?