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February 22, 2025
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Always wanted to have a panel that opens up common InDesign locations.

  • February 22, 2025
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Good weekend, ladies and gentlemen.

 

Always wanted to have a panel that opens up common InDesign locations.
It could be like ID's own panel: hover, hide. It will be amazing.
Customizable to add paths, remove paths.
Including where scripts, grep, shortcuts are stored.


You could even set the most recent working directory.

 

3 replies

Peter Villevoye
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Peter VillevoyeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 23, 2025

Well... InDesign did offer such a panel, a few versions ago !! Mini Bridge 😄

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/indesign_cc_mini_bridge_faq.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-product-location=Search%3AForums%3Alink%2F3.6.6

But, as you can read: it has been removed since 2015 (it was based on Flash technology) and Adobe was touting their Creative Cloud Libraries enormously and rightfully so. Some one developed some alternative plug-in to mimic it, but I can't find that one either anymore.

 

Nevertheless: to still find your way, literally, you can jump-start Bridge from within InDesign, by using the File – Browse in Bridge (or simple quick swap to Bridge with any other system shortcut) and use some pre-set Favorite Folders and Views from there. Or is this too low-key to cater for a scripting, tinkering, fine-tuning power-user like you ? 😉

    dublove
    dubloveAuthor
    Legend
    February 23, 2025

    Perhaps I am an expert in “problem finding”.
    You are the real experts in problem solving.

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2025

    I don't think these are problems - these are just ways you want to work which really has little to do with InDesign other than a panel that doesn't exist and probably won't ever exist.

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    February 22, 2025

    @dublove

     

    You can always create a folder on your drive - or Desktop - and place there shortcuts to other locations - like bookmarks in the Browser.

     

      dublove
      dubloveAuthor
      Legend
      February 22, 2025

      Hi Great. Robert at ID-Tasker 
      You're the most active, you're always passionate.
      You represent the future.

       

      I keep posting, maybe Adobe will see it.

      It's bedtime. Good night.

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      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 22, 2025

      As I said you can make feature requests and the best place is the link I shared 

       

      No ideas you only wanted to make a folder with shortcuts to file locations. 

       

      Not really sure if I'd use it, rarely go into these types of folders except the script folder, and you can access that from the scripts panel with reveal in finder.

       

       

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      Community Expert
      Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 22, 2025

      Did you ever try the Quick Apply panel? It's the lightening bolt in the top right corner - and you can type in InDesign commands and they will show up - and there's a drop down list to add/remove what features show up.

       

      It doesn't do everything you want

       

      You can always post feature requests here

      https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

       

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      February 22, 2025

      In this case "paths" don't mean shapes / objects in InDesign. 

       

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