Subject: Request for 'Point Type' tool in InDesign (Like Illustrator)

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March 9, 2026
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Hi Adobe Community and Team,

I am transitioning from CorelDRAW and Illustrator to InDesign for my publication projects. While I understand that InDesign is frame-based, I find it very cumbersome that we cannot simply click and type without manually creating a text frame first.

In Illustrator, we have 'Point Type' where a single click allows us to start typing immediately. This would be a huge time-saver for small labels, page headers, or quick annotations in InDesign as well.

Is there any plan to introduce a 'Point Type' behavior or a shortcut to create a text frame with a single click in future updates?

Thanks!

jane-e

Community Expert

@MANISH_VISHWAKARMA

With Point Type, dragging resizes the text. With Area Type, dragging resizes the frame. That’s why Point Type would not work for InDesign. (my opinion)

TIP: If you want to have a frame the same size as the text, you can double-click any anchor point with the Selection tool. To test, draw a very large frame, then double-click one of the eight anchor points > Undo > Repeat.

As to future plans, Adobe does not pre-announce. Anyone who knows would be under NDA and could not say.

You posted to the Adobe Aero forum. Aero is a discontinued mobile app. To make a feature request for InDesign, post to User Voice where the team will see and track it:

https://indesign.uservoice.com

And yay! This is the first time I’ve see CorelDRAW spelled correctly in years! 😊

Jane

MANISH_VISHWAKARMAAuthor

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😀

Thanks!

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