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January 28, 2026

Indesign file opens but stays in background and apple finder comes to the foreground and doc opens up.

  • January 28, 2026
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This is an odd one, I double click on an indesign file, indesign and the file opens up but indesign goes to the background on my Mac, and the finder to the foreground then the Mac doc appears and stays there, I have to then click on the indesign layout to bring it to the front, the doc still stays until I click on something else on the doc then it disappears. This started when an agency sent me a brochure to work on and now it is happening with every file I open. I have searched and not found anyone with the same problem. So far I have deleted the Indesign preferences and that didn't fix it, then updated to the latest indesign and that didn't work either. Both illustrator and photoshop are working great. I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you. My set up is: Mac Studio 2023, 64GB ram, Sequoia 15.7.1, Indesign 2026.

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2026

    This was obviously posted to the Adobe Stock forum in error.

    Please re-post InDesign questions in the InDesign product forum below.

    https://community.adobe.com/indesign-669

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    andyw20084219
    Participating Frequently
    June 19, 2026

    I have this same exact issue! I've gotten used to it, but I'd love to know if there’s a fix.

    Known Participant
    June 20, 2026

    No resolution yet. I followed adobes advice, restarted my Mac as a new user, opened up Indesign and it did the same thing but I did get a message saying “FMCore Type Core that is currently running is incompatible with Extensis font managing program” I can't work out if it's a Indesign issue or Extensis issue. If you have any luck please let me know.