Adobe InDesign 2026, full screen toggle change - BUG

[Coldd]

I use Adobe inDesign in pallet mode, so not 'Application Frame' mode, with toolbars at the top and left docked and pallets docked to the right.

Click the the expand traffic light button in the top left used to just expand the window so that it still showed the dock at the bottom and the pallets to the right, if they inadvertently went behind the pallets or dock.

Now it just goes full screen mode which I don't use and is useless for a pallet rich application like InDesign, and is impossible to get out of, unless you move & undock the toolbars out of the way so that when you move your mouse to the top, the window buttons reappear.

This is so broken it's unbelivable you've shipped it like this.

The only fix for this is to go into Application Frame mode which doesn't work for me because I need to see the Finder desktop when there's no documents open.

It's a bug because holding down the option key and hovering over the expand button, changes it into a + sign but it does nothing when you click it.

Adobe Photoshop 2026 behaves the same, but Adobe Illustrator works as InDesign used to..

So the fix is to just make it work like Illustrator.

[.33904303rds7]

I dont see the new update for indesign on Creative Cloud? Only Indesign (21.0)

[Mike Witherell]

As of 2025/12/22, there is a 21.1 patch you should run and apply it to your InDesign 2026

[Mike Witherell]

Patch up to 21.1

[defaultvva0bzcuffcj]

I am using 21.0.2 and I keep having horrible issues when trying to move the Indesign window on my monitor. I have trashed my Indesign preferences, and restarted Indesign a few times. The issue keeps happening. Sometimes I have to try over 8 times to move the window before it finally breaks free. I mostly use Essentials Classic as my workspace. I only use one monitor. This has been very painful as this is my busiest time of year and this issue is slowing my production. Please help!!

[defaultvva0bzcuffcj]

I am having the same horrible issue, the InDesign window gets stuck and will not move until I try moving it up to eight times. I have trashed my prefs, updated Indesign, restarted. I am only using a mac studio monitor and not sharing monitors. This is killing my productivity. Adobe are you listening?

[Anubhav M]

Hello @defaultvva0bzcuffcj,

I'm sorry to hear you're having similar trouble with InDesign. Would you mind trying to run InDesign under a different administrator account (Windows / macOS) and checking if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[Mike Witherell]

For those of you who patched to 21.1, are you seeing a resolution of this problem?

[Gavin at MRP]

I'm on 21.0.2 stable release and this seems to be resolved. I haven't seen a 21.1 stable release. Is that a beta?

[Gavin at MRP]

But of course the moment I hit send, the 21.1 release shows in Creative Cloud. 

And some bug in this forum prevents me from editing my own comments.

[HARSHIKA_VERMA]

No worries. Would you mind telling us if the issue is resolved with the latest update? 

Thanks,

Harshika

[Gavin at MRP]

When I get back from Christmas holiday. I don't want to risk updating and breaking something right before I head out the door. No offence, but so many of Adobe's latest updates have been like releasing a beta to the public, and I can't afford to be a guinea pig on the last day before holiday.

[Gavin at MRP]

By the way, this is the error I get if I try to edit my own comments here on this forum.