When will Adobe fix the problem of tick boxes/interactive text rearranging whenever you edit any saved indesign document? Cannot believe after all this time, we are faced with this time consuming task... come on, cant be that hard?

The 8 GB of RAM is worth mentioning from a performance perspective, but I don't think it's relevant to the issue being reported here.

Looking at the screenshots the checkbox appears to be an inline anchored object meaning its position is tied to the surrounding text.

What I'd like to check is if the checkboxes are moving when the document is edited, or whether it's the tab order of the interactive form fields that's changing.

If it's the tab order, could you check

Object > Interactive > Set Tab Order

before and after making an edit to see whether InDesign is actually changing the sequence.

If the tab order is resetting simply because you're editing unrelated content, that's something that might be a potential buggy issue.

Hi Gian Fonto,

I'm sorry to hear that your checkboxes and interactive text fields keep rearranging when editing saved InDesign documents. I understand how frustrating it must be to repeatedly correct their positions.

To help us narrow down the cause, could you please try the following?

1. Check the object type: Select one of the affected checkboxes and go to Window > Interactive > Buttons and Forms to confirm whether it is an interactive Check Box field or a regular text/graphic object.

2. Select the affected element and go to Object > Anchored Object > Options, if available. If the object is anchored to text, it may move when the text reflows. You can review and adjust its positioning settings to see whether that helps.

3. Test in a new document: Create a simple document with a checkbox and text field, save and reopen it, and check whether editing nearby text causes the same rearrangement.

Additionally, could you please confirm your InDesign version and operating system, and whether the elements move while editing the INDD document, after reopening it, or only after exporting to an interactive PDF?

If possible, please share a short screen recording showing the checkbox and text positions before and after making an edit, along with a sample INDD file that reproduces the issue.

Looking forward to your update!
Abhishek
Adobe InDesign Community Team