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February 7, 2017
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Indesign Objects "jumping" when selected

  • 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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    Inspiring
    May 29, 2019

    I just had the same problem and I found the answer in my case. Maybe it applies to your case.

    cs6 - Illustrator moves anything I select - Graphic Design Stack Exchange : https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/12664/illustrator-moves-anything-i-select

    Whenever I select an object by clicking on it in Illustrator CS6, the second I move my mouse it moves the object. Is there a way around this? I just need to select an object and then change it's color or font but as soon as I move my mouse, the object is moved 3-4 pixels.

    • I had Rightzoom running in the background and once I turned it off, all was well.
    • Rightzoom was the culprit for me too.
      • Added it to the exceptions list and all is well in Illustrator land.

    It worked!

    Participant
    March 26, 2021

    where is this right zoom feature?

    Rene Andritsch
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 19, 2023

    Right Zoom is a third party App. Try to deacivate it if you have issues in other apps if you have it installed.

    Participant
    May 9, 2019

    I just started having this same issue! When I click on an object, for example - a text box, it jumps to the left. A large jump, like say 50-100px. At first I thought maybe my arrows keys on my butterfly keyboard were getting stuck but they should only nudge it a pixel at a time. Then the other day, objects started jumping to the right. Today they're jumping to the left again. I have to reboot to fix.

    Participant
    February 9, 2017

    Well I did a new document and it was not happening at first. Now it is again. I haven't done anything different than I used to. The only difference is that I updated to CC instead of CS6. Here's a video.

    cmgap
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2017

    Thanks for the video... what workspace are you in? Can you post a screen shot of the entire application window with panels open? Have you recently worked on adding interactivity to your objects?

    cmgap
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 8, 2017

    Can you provide more information? Try opening a new document and add an object - any object. Can you repeat this behavior in a new document? The closest I've ever come to what you are describing is when using step and repeat functionality. I don't think anyone can make the behavior you are describing happen in order to trouble shoot it.