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allen_kat65
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October 22, 2024
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Issue with Constrain Proportions in InDesign 2025 (20.0)

  • October 22, 2024
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Constrain proportions for width and height in InDesign 2025 (20.0) is broken. In previous versions of InDesign the constrain-status would stay the way you selected always, now you have to link it every time you scale something, it's quite annoying and adds an extra step to workflow.

 

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    Correct answer Abhishek Rao

    Hi ​@hopedivisionza  & ​@viv_jeroen, 

     

    Thanks again for sharing all the details and helping us reproduce this. I wanted to let you know that we’ve logged a bug for this issue with the product team, and they’re currently working on investigating and fixing it.

    I understand how disruptive this can be to your workflow, especially having to re-enable the option repeatedly, and really appreciate your patience here. I’ll keep you posted as soon as I have any updates to share.

     

    Thanks again for your time and for flagging this!

    Abhishek

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 14, 2024

    HI all,

    I can see the issue as well.

    As a workaround you could use the Percentage field for the same purpose.

    Instead of percentage values you can also input numbers together with measurement units like e.g. 50 mm.

    InDesign will scale the object accordingly with contrained proportions if the lock is set.

     

    Just tested that workaround with my German InDesign 2025 version 20.0.0.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

     

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
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      November 14, 2024
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      [...] As a workaround you could use Percentage field for the same purpose. [...]

       

      By @Laubender

       

      Yeah, at least Scaling stays ticked.

       

      rebeccam58535336
      Participant
      November 5, 2024

      I am having the same issue, wish I had never upgardeed form the previous version of InDesign now!

       

      G_Man
      G_Man
      Inspiring
      November 3, 2024

      Yup me too, SOOOOOO annoying!!!

      leo.r
      Community Expert
      leo.rCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 24, 2024

      Yes, can confirm the same issue in InDesign 2025.

        JinkyW
        Participant
        October 24, 2024

        Hi, Yes it's very annoying. I am resizing some icons and having to click the link W&H icon everytime. If is ain't broke.....

          Inserate24003857ckij
          Participant
          October 23, 2024

          Hi Everyone

          In the 2024 version of InDesign, the chain icon for 'Maintain proportions for width and height' was automatically activated. In InDesign 2025, it is disabled by default. Where can I adjust it so that it remains automatically activated? Can anybody help? Thx.

           

           

           

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            Robert at ID-Tasker
            Robert at ID-Tasker
            Legend
            October 23, 2024

            https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/issue-with-constrain-proportions-in-indesign-2025-20-0/td-p/14933789

             

            Looks like a lot of small / annoying bugs / glitches in the latest version... Or someone took unilateral decision to make those changes permanent? 

             

            https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/why-were-the-quot-cancel-quot-and-quot-don-t-save-quot-buttons-swapped-for-adobe-25-products/td-p/14934776

             

              Robert at ID-Tasker
              Robert at ID-Tasker
              Legend
              October 22, 2024

              @allen_kat65

               

              Can you reset preferences? 

               

              https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/reset-indesign-preferences-and-other-troubleshooting/td-p/11990234

               

              allen_kat65Author
              Participant
              October 22, 2024

              I had to reset preference with the update, it didn't import my previous preferences, so I'm not doing that again, it's a pain.

                G_Man
                G_Man
                Inspiring
                November 3, 2024

                Yes that is just SO unnecessary to have to go that route, seriously.

                  Abhishek Rao
                  Community Manager
                  Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
                  Community Manager
                  October 22, 2024

                  Hi allen_kat65,

                   

                  Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue with the Constrain Proportions feature in InDesign 2025. To better understand the problem, could you please share a bit more detail? A screen recording demonstrating the behavior you're seeing would be really helpful.

                  If possible, could you also share the packaged InDesign file so we can test it on our end? Here's a reference on how to package files in InDesign: Packaging InDesign Files.

                   

                  Looking forward to your update so we can assist you further!

                   

                  Best,
                  Abhishek

                    allen_kat65Author
                    Participant
                    October 22, 2024

                    My problem is that the constrain proportions in the top bar doesn’t stay locked between one object and the next, I have to keep locking it every single time, which is very annoying.
                    Previously, I only had to lock it once and it stayed that way all the time.

                      CDCW1985
                      Participating Frequently
                      October 23, 2024

                      I have exactly the same problem. No matter if an object is selected or not, the constrain proportions always reverts to Unlinked.

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