Top of Window Off-Screen, Unable to Reposition (Mac, Multiple Monitors)

Hi @Barb36631678joo0,

I'm sorry to hear this is happening. A quick workaround you can try is holding the Option key and double-clicking one of the visible corners of the window, which should snap it back into place. If that doesn't help, could you confirm the exact macOS version and InDesign version you're using and whether the issue happens every time you switch displays or only at random? A short screen recording would also be really helpful for the team to review. Moreover, test the issue in safe m ode as well. Ref: https://adobe.ly/3ViyorO

Please give this a try and let me know how it goes, so we can take it further.

Abhishek

Not a single suggested solution above does anything useful.

It was not happening before I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro.

In InDesign2025, the window bar with the red/yellow/green buttons (that allows moving a window) is above the screen. Turning off Application Frame didn't help, it hurt badly because the editing window has disappeared and now I can't even find the InDesign window if I use the mouse-to-upper-right-corner to show all windows. And when I *can* find the InDesign window (with Command-Tab) and move it to another screen, it only stays there in the temporary mode while the green border is around it. When clicked on, it goes back to the main screen -- with the top control bar hidden above the MacOS menu bar.

Unplugging and plugging in the extra monitors only caused *other* windows to move around.

At no point is the green + button accessable.  It is visible temporarily when mouse-to-upper-right-corner reveals it, but clicking on any part of that window shoves it back to the main monitor with the top bar hidden. The combination of a new Apple Silicon MacBook, the latest MacOS (Sequoia 15.2), and the latest version of InDesign (which I grabbed two days ago, forced by the chip change) simply does not work.

I've used InDesign (and Pagemaker before it) for 20 years and nothing like this has ever happened.

Photoshop and Acrobat don't show this problem. Illustrator *starts* with this problem, but I was able to move the window to another screen after mouse-to-upper-right-corner revealed it.

None of the other dozens of non-Adobe software packages I've tested on my new Mac show anything like this brain damage.

I do the same thing. It's a habit now—I don't even try a workaround, usually because I'm too busy to stop working. I just unplug my second monitor, which allows me to drag my inDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop window down and to the right a bit. Then, I plug my monitor back in. This happens around once a day. 

Hi @NatureCulture,

Thank you for sharing your experience with the InDesign window positioning issue on a multiple monitor setup. We appreciate your proactive approach in troubleshooting the problem by unplugging your second monitor and finding a workaround that worked for you.

Your feedback is invaluable, and it helps us understand the various ways users are interacting with our software across different configurations. If you encounter any further issues or have additional insights, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Thanks again for your contribution to the community!

Best,

Abhishek Rao 

Hi Harshika,

I'll give this a try when this happens tomorrow to see if it makes the window movable. However, leaving the application frame option off is not a great option for my workflow. Also, this is another workaround, but not a permanent solution to the problem. Is this something that Adobe is currently looking into a creating a fix for? Being able to reposition the window via some other means besides the top of the window, or creating an option in the View menu to resize the window to the current screen size would be more permanent solutions.

Thanks,

Colin