Indesign cursor and tools are not working

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September 18, 2026
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Hello

In InDesign I am having issues with the cursor and tools menu not working. I have updated to the latest version, I have tried restarting and clearing preferences and turned of ai generative options.

With the cursor, it gets stuck on one thing. ie if I was using the Direct Selection arrow, no matter what I select (ie if I changed to eyedropper tool) it remains as Direct Selection. With the tool menu, where you have ones with more options such as the T for Type icon - usually I click and hold and the addition options appear. Now clicking and holding and nothing happens.

Are these known issues?!

Thanks!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Which system is it?

Which input are you using? A mouse or something else?

Is this the first time this is happening? Out of the blue or did you change something (installed something new on your computer)?

leo.r

Community Expert

Try to also reset caches (as @Manan Joshi already mentioned in the reply I didn’t see):

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

Will it make a difference?

usually I click and hold and the addition options appear

P.S. I think it’s much faster to right-click the tools, in which case the additional options appear instantly (rather than click-and-hold and then waiting for eternity until the options appear).

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Clear out the cache as well. UI issues are generally fixed by doing so

-Manan

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