Adobe InDesign 2026, full screen toggle change - BUG

I got the InDesign Update 21.0.1. The Problem is fixed! Thanx to Adobe!

Here's my *temporary* workaround that sounds more complicated than it is. It works if you use tabs for multiple InDesign files opened at the same time. (If not, you might want to set this up anyway.) With one file open, go to the trouble of re-sizing your document (by grabbing the top-left corner of your file; not the bottom right like we are accustomed to). Happy file. When you open another file, it will go wonky because of the bug. Grab that tab out of its nest so it's independent of the other tab/s. Then drag it back in and it will resize to the space of the other file/s.

Since this has been such a time waste, this method has served as the quickest method for me to have my files cooperate with my workflow. I have to open many, many InDesign files throughout the day and have no time to fix every one. Just be sure to keep your "master tab" open all day. We got this. - - Sue R

I'm having this issue as well. I am using version 21.0. This is a really important function because I don't like the application frames. I work in multiple software programs during all of my projects and I do not want to have to hide and show application frames every time I need to grab text or something from another program. But I also want the window I'm working in to fit inside of my panels with one click like it always has. 

So a bit of an update, and a workaround that's made this bearable for me, until Adobe fixes this.

This applies to InDesign and Photoshop, which both exhibit this bug.

Undock the toolbar palette from the left and the palletes from the right, moving them in from the sides so they float in from the sides of the screen.

Re-dock the pointless floating bar at the top of the screen.

Then when you open a document, it defaults to the wide screen document size, but you'll be able to see the close, minimise and expand buttons, and the scroll bar to the right.

It still doesn't save the document size between saves, it also sometimes doesn't stop it going behind the dock.

And for me, option clicking the full screen button does nothing, but at least this way, I don't have to manually re-size every single inDesign document I open dozens of times per day.

It would be nice if someone Adobe would acknowledge that a fix is coming.

Glad to have found this thread. Long time user here and just wanted to chime in, never used Application Frame, experiencing the same issues, lost time and look forward to a fix. Thanks leo.r for the "option-click the green button"  and MikeMac966 for "The current workaround is to hit the tab key, so that tool palettes and sidebars disappear, then hover again in the top left corner. The traffic lights should reappear, and you can exit full screen mode. Then hit tab key again to bring back your tools and you should be good to go." , saved me some time today and much appreciated!

Graphics people see the world in a different way, we literally need to "think outside of the box." That's why we gravitated toward Macs in the early days of desktop publishing while evolving from our drawing tables and still why the application frame is not preferred by many of us.

Just another VERY frustrated InDesign user reporting the same problem and begging, pleading that you fix it. This is one of the most irritating bugs I've ever come across and I'm spending far too much time adjusting my windows so they're not hidden behind the palettes. 

Man alive. This is driving me round the BEND. Its been over a week Adobe. Sort this out, its slowing all work progress right down. Can we pause payments for software when its released broken and doesn't get fixed? Seems fair to me...

This was driving me nuts! I'm both glad and sad to hear that it's a UI bug...
I'm having the same issue with documents opening underneath toolbars on my main monitor, and the scroll bars are off the monitor width and height. Have to resize documents to fit the window manually now.
I don't use Application Frame mode - InDesign version 21.0.
I miss the maximize "+" button that would neatly fit the document in the available window space, underneath the top toolbar and alongside the tool palette I keep docked to the left side. 
Hope this gets fixed soon!

The full screen mode or however you call it is a pain in the a. It´s not really possible to work with a 2nd monitor and different applications. Please fix that.