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Indesign Objects "jumping" when selected

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
February 7, 2017
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Hi! Need some help. I'm using Indesign CC and when I try to select any object it jumps down and to the left without me actually moving it. Anyone experience anything similar and figure out a fix? It only happens once in a while but once it starts, I can't work within the document anymore.

HELP!

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Nicklas5E4C

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I had an app running called "Right Zoom". It modifys the Full Screen button behavior. Quitting it solved the problem for me.

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guglielmo1989

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had the same issue. Quitting Click2Minimize also solved the problem for me.
Click2minimize is an app i use to minimize the windows when i click on the dock.

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brthrthn36291830

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Quitting Magnet also solved the problem for me. But I'd like to point on thing out: I really love magnet and it doesn't interfere with any other graphical apps such as Figma or Illustrator. So I really think this is ultimately a promlem with Indesign and needs to be fixed there. Also @Adobe: These kind of bugs are in every second release of CC nowadays (I already had problems with Indesign and Chrome, Indesign and RightFont, Indesign and VS Code, …). This inconsistency in functionality really annoyed me in the past year and I hope this will get better soon.

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Sahlprod

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I had the exact same problem. When I marked objects in Indesigh, they moved about a millimeter upwards and to the left. Tested if the problem was in Word, but not at all, so it was only in Adobe CS.
Then I saw the tip to turn off the Magnet app. I turned off Magnet and – hallelujah – the problem went away instantly.

Bless you all for solving this.

// Jonas

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IndigoDaisies

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I have an update on this and how it was fixed on my Macbook which I hope will help others.

I am 100% sure it was the update to Sonoma 14.4.1 that kick-started the problem on my MacBook. But it wasn't actually the update itself but how it affected another app running in the background. I troubleshooted this by:

I don't use Magnet so I know this wasn't the cause and I had read it could be security software, I run Sophos but disabling didn't make a diffference.
I started my MacBook in Safe mode (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh21245/mac) both InDesign and Illustrator worked as they should, so it had to be something that was running in the background.
I disabled my login items and restarted one by one testing InDesign and Illustrator on restart. Process of elimination and I figured out it was the software for my monitor. I now have this disabled and will do so until there is an update to fix this.

I hope this helps other people fix issues too

wmd64083114

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This worked for me as well. It was a program called Display Pilot 2 for my BenQ displays.

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IndigoDaisies

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Exactly the same monitor and program

wmd64083114

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Following. I'm experiencing the same issue in InDesign. I'm not running Rightzoom or Magnet. I also have issues selecting elements in Illustrator. This all happened when I switched to an M2 Mac. Running Sonoma.

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IndigoDaisies

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I've literally got this problem today. I've emptied caches and preferences and re-installed InDesign. And items still jump when I select them. I'm also unable to change the colour of an object by selecting the colour from the swatches panel.
Any ideas?

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markdc33

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Do you use the Magnet app?

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IndigoDaisies

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No I don't use the Magnet app. I even searched my Macbook to check it wasn't an App installed which I didn't know about.
I'm on a MacBook running Sonoma 14.4.1 which it updated to yesterday morning, so I'm wondering if it has something to do with that?
It's seriously frustrating as I literally can't hardly do any work efficient or without frustration!

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markdc33

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Having the same lag issue and investigating it now.

Rene Andritsch

Community Expert

Please tell us exactly which version of the app you are running and the operating system. System specifications also help sometimes.

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markdc33

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I'm using ID 19.0.1 on macOS Sonoma 14.1.2.

I followed the suggestion from @s26946658nu7o as I am also a Magnet user. Quitting this app seems to have been the solution for me as well. I went click-crazy in a document, and until now no unexpected nudging has occured. A big of lag still existed, but I think this was due to preflight running linked-file checks. After preflight and with Magnet quit, selecting objects performs as expected now.