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gazete_7218
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Oct 30, 2025 2:25 PM UTC
Question

Tabs arrow disappear in InDesign 2026(21.0)

After the 2026 InDesign update, when I move the tabs in the text box forward or backward by moving the arrows, the tabs on the right side of the tab I moved disappear, I have to start the tab from the beginning every time, I couldn't find a solution.

 

 

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    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    Nov 17, 2025 6:35 PM UTC

    Hello everyone,

     

    I appreciate all the information shared throughout this discussion. I understand how annoying the tab behavior has been in version 21.0, particularly when it disrupts your layout every time you attempt to modify a tab. The product team has issued a hotfix today with version 21.0.1, which addresses this issue. When you have a moment, please update to the latest version and verify if the tabs are functioning normally again. You can also check the release notes here: https://adobe.ly/3K9Gzox

     

    If you continue to experience the issue after updating, please inform me so that I can take it further. 

    Abhishek

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    Ade28515761s255
    Participant
    Nov 14, 2025 10:39 AM UTC

    So come on Adobe this is creating REAL problems in the REAL world, we use tabbed text in a whole range of work we produce and this is killing us! Sure it can't be beyond the wit of your MASSIVE  highly paid team to put this right in a few weeks, FIX IT NOW. Othewise InDesign isn't fit for purpose!!! INDD suddenly looking like Canva!!!

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      conny_0768
      Participant
      Nov 13, 2025 7:20 AM UTC

      wenn man mehre Tabulatoren gesetzt hat und diese fein justieren will, also verschieben, werden automatisch die anderen gelöscht. Egal ob man über Absatzformat oder direkt im Text mit der Tabulator-Funktion arbeitet. 
      Meine ganze Abteilung hat dieses Problem und wir wissen nicht wie wir es beheben können. Sind darauf aber dringend angewiesen. Ist ja auch Grundfunktion.

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      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Nov 13, 2025 4:47 PM UTC

      This is a known bug. There is no workaround beyond going back to an earlier version of InDesign.

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      msdworks
      Participant
      Nov 12, 2025 8:41 PM UTC

      When something is working why does Creative Cloud muck it up....??? This plus a price increase is not appreciated

       

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        ChrisRoweMedia
        Participating Frequently
        Nov 6, 2025 10:12 AM UTC

        Yes - completely broken. Trying to move a tab either picks up another tab, picks up nothing, or deletes all the tabs to the right and ruins the document. Tabs have always been a weak spot in InDesign (even Word does tabs better!) but this is just totally broken.

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        G_Man
        G_Man
        Inspiring
        Nov 6, 2025 11:08 AM UTC

        I agree. I wish Adobe would give Tabs a massive overhaul. It hasn't changed one bit since the beginning of time. It's a finicky process at best and tedious. 

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          Marios342806572bbb
          Known Participant
          Nov 6, 2025 8:30 AM UTC

          Hi there. 

          I have a problem with indesign version 21.0x64

          I have a table setup with tabs not cells. Everytime i try to fine tune the tub it deletes the next ones. 

          Any thoughts about that?

          Before

          After

          Thanks

           

           

           

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          Anubhav M
          Community Manager
          Anubhav MCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          Nov 6, 2025 9:02 AM UTC

          Hello @Marios342806572bbb,

          I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Our product team is aware of the problem and is currently investigating it. We will update this thread as we have more info. You can also follow and upvote the UserVoice (https://adobe.ly/3LqXCCO) to get the latest updates.

          Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or require assistance. We'd be happy to help.

          Anubhav

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            Marios342806572bbb
            Known Participant
            Nov 6, 2025 9:38 AM UTC

            Thank you very much

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            user7346522
            user7346522
            Participant
            Nov 4, 2025 7:21 PM UTC

            Hello all.

            It seems that the latest InDesign updates are messing up tabs. I am experiencing that if I have multiple tabs implemented that as soon as I try to move a tab, all the others dissappear and I need to re-implement all the tabs again. This is quite time consuming and quite frankly, annoying. Let me know if there is a fix.

             

            Thanks

             

            Sam

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              G_Man
              G_Man
              Inspiring
              Nov 4, 2025 3:07 PM UTC

              Yup this is causing major problems with my work flow. Left-hand tabs suddenly become right-hand tabs when the position is moved, leader dots just disappear, plus a total inability to set more than two tabs, then one vanishes. Driving me nuts today trying to fix this. C'mon Adobe!!

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                Janet34666034pizs
                Participant
                Oct 31, 2025 5:33 PM UTC

                I just updated to InDesign 21.0 running on a Mac running Tahoe 26.0.1. The tab panel is behaving strangely. When placing multiple tabs and then moving any one of those multiple tabs, all other tabs disappear. I have to constantly replace tabs to get text to line up as needed. I have used InDesign since the days of PageMaker so I'm fairly certain this is a bug in the latest release.

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                Abhishek Rao
                Community Manager
                Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
                Community Manager
                Oct 30, 2025 4:06 PM UTC

                Hi @gazete_7218,

                 

                Thanks for reporting this. This is a known issue, and a bug has already been logged with the product team. They're actively working on a fix for it. You can follow this UserVoice thread for the latest updates and progress on the issue: https://adobe.ly/47uYOfN.

                Appreciate your patience while the team works to resolve this.

                 

                Please keep an eye on the uservoice for any announcements or version updates that include the fix.

                Abhishek

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                  ChrisRoweMedia
                  Participating Frequently
                  Nov 12, 2025 4:58 PM UTC

                  With respect, it's not good enough to keep asking for our patience when what is blatently broken is so fundamental to using the package! Adobe have absolutely zero patience if we are a minute pate with paying our subscription, so asking us to wait for what is now two weeks from this being highlighted and recognised as an issue is not acceptable. Can you at least give us a link to the previous version so we can reinstall that and have a working version! 

                  Not good enough. 

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                    msdworks
                    Participant
                    Nov 12, 2025 8:43 PM UTC

                    So agree. What with the price increase, we the subscribers should be getting BUG FREE updates. Not this nonsense.

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