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Stuart_McCorquodale1454
Inspiring
January 15, 2025
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Horizontal scroll bar missing Indesign 2025

  • January 15, 2025
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This is it. I am scrapping my subscriptions to all Adobe products very soon. As soon as I find any alternative to Adobe's garbage software.

 

Why would you hide the horizontal scroll bar in Indesign 2025? What madness would compel Adobe to be so hateful toward its customers?

 

I have given up on Indesign, it's awful. Can anyone help me find the scroll bar so I can complete this week's tasks and start the search for alternative software?

    Correct answer Stuart_McCorquodale1454

    Hi @Stuart_McCorquodale1454,

     

    Thanks! The provided details are helpful.
    I’ve attached a screen recording that demonstrates what @jmlevy mentioned-zooming in should trigger the appearance of the horizontal scroll bar. In the video, I am pressing Ctrl + to zoom in on the InDesign window content and Ctrl - to zoom out. As I do this, the scroll bar appears at the bottom when zoomed in and disappears when zoomed out.
    Please try following these steps and let us know if you see the same results. If possible, could you also record your screen like I did so we can confirm the steps you follow and for our better understanding?

     

    Looking forward to your update!

     

    Best,
    Abhishek


    I did the reset suggested and closed it down and reopened it. The scroll bar now appears when I zoom in or out where it did not before.

     

    Thank you all for your help.

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    careyAMSm
    Participant
    November 6, 2025

    While it appears when sufficiently zoomed in, I need the horizontal scroll bar ALL THE TIME because with one big screen I usually have workspace pages and at least paragraph styles open and they hide my content, hence the need for being able to scroll left and right to see the content AND THE PANELS. Please make this scroll bar available all the time.

     

    Zooming in finally releases the scroll bar, but whatever happens it disappears when I zoom out. The voiceless video is, frankly, useless. I truly loathe the constant 'imnprovements' that constantly break perfectly working features. Case in point, mapping styles. Now ghastly and useless. Takes way too long and fiddly and does not work well on most screens. Happy to come to India or wherever and show you all the things that you have broken over the past few years since going to the subscription model.

     

    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 15, 2025

    Hi @Stuart_McCorquodale1454,

     

    Sorry about this! I tested this on my setup, and the horizontal scroll bar works fine.
    Would you mind confirming the details below?

    1. Are you referring to the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom or another specific area?

    2. Your InDesign 2025 version (20.0 or 20.0.1)?

    3. The operating system you’re using?

    4. Can you share a screen recording demonstrating the issue?

    We look forward to the details you share!

     

    Best,
    Abhishek

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      Stuart_McCorquodale1454Author
      Inspiring
      January 15, 2025

      Thank you, Abhishek.

       

      1/ yes, the horizontal bar at the bottom

      2/ I don't know

      3/ Windows

       

      jmlevy
      Community Expert
      jmlevyCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 15, 2025

      I think that it is because the zoom level you use at this moment shows everything you need to see (spread and pasteboard), so horizontal scroll bar (at this moment) is not useful. I am quite sure that if you zoom in, it will appear.

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