Text drag-and-drop not working
I'm experiencing what appears to be a bug in InDesign for Windows (InDesign 21.4.1).
After updating to InDesign 21.x, I can no longer drag selected text to another position.
Here's what I've confirmed:
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Object frames can be dragged normally.
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Only text drag-and-drop is affected.
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This happens in multiple documents, including newly created ones.
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Resetting Preferences did not fix the issue.
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The most interesting part is that, on Master Pages, drag-and-drop works on the right-hand page, but does not work on the left-hand page.
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Another Japanese user reported exactly the same issue on the Adobe Community forum several months ago, and the discussion remains unresolved.
Is this a known bug? Can anyone reproduce this issue on Windows?
The issue started after updating to InDesign 21.x. After downgrading to InDesign 19.x, text drag-and-drop works normally again.
I also contacted Adobe Support by phone, but the issue could not be resolved.
*Here's the Japanese thread describing the same issue.
