Fillable form won't let me type unless I right-click then tab through

In addition to this most recent problem, the changes you make to the file are saved as a starred file and evidently not in the original file. When you open the original file after changes, they're not there. C'mon Adobe, quit screwing with basic functions. I have no idea where these starred files are stored and I need them on my computer, not the Adobe cloud. I've still never found a cure for why some of my fillable forms that have worked well for years now end up with text going in all different directions. Trying to find work-arounds after these updates eats up valuable time. And it's a much more difficult search on the Apple platform.

This is the most frequently asked question on the forum over the last few days. It's a bug in the latest version of Acrobat.
You'll have to wait for the next update, there's nothing else to do.

I'm experiencing the same issue. I have found that if I click on the field in front of the one I want to change, then tab to getg to the field that I want to change, then I can then edit that field, but only using the keyboard. If I click within the field, then I get that blue box again. Please fix quickly! I have a lot of forms I need to fill out!

Also having the same issue.

I am also having the same issue. It is frustrating that it was difficult to find this informaiton. Hopefully thumbs upping this and posting here wil lraise visilibility foro ther users. 

I also have the same issue.

Also having this issue and was failing to describe it accurately. I did find that if you open the form in Chrome browser, it is fillable there while they work to fix this issue. My favorite temp fix though is @Tuna Melon below with the Fill&Sign work around. Thanks!

Hello @SageGrimm02,

I'm glad you posted as I had the same question.  I tinkered around and found a temporary fix.

In the All tools tab, if you select Fill & Sign (image below), it seems to work normally again.  The only downside is that the left toolbar has to remain open, which reduces active workspace.

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For anyone in engineering working on this, here are some additional comments of my experience:

SageGrimm02's picture showed exactly what I experienced, with the extra blue box appearing over top.  (I'll note that for larger height boxes in my form, the extra blue box was always 1 row in height, often, but not always, aligned near the top of my form box.  I believe that the blue box overlay appears where the initial form field was added when the form was created -- for blue boxes aligned near the top of my large height form box, they're fields I would've dragged down to make larger.  One blue box is aligned near the bottom of my large height form box, which is the only one I think I originally dragged up to increase the height when creating the form.)

Also, in normal viewing mode, sometimes when I'd open my form, I could type 2-3 field entries before it would revert to adding the dreaded blue box overlay.  (That was only after a computer restart that it appeared I could get temporary functionality, but the form didn't save the data properly after closing the file.)

The form does work as expected while in the Fill & Sign menu, but it would be nice to not have to be there as my screen real estate is diminished by a bit.