[BUG] InDesign does not keep window position and size

[dp.arno]

Since multiple years I have a little thing very disturbing.

Everytime I open InDesign, I have to rebuild my workspace.

As I open it a multiple  time a day, it is very not confortable.

Yesterday I found why: InDesign don't use window information kept by the system.

Here steps to reproduce my problem:

1. open InDesign
2. maximize it
3. rebuild your workspace
4. close it
5. open it again, and discover that all panels are reduced
6. un-maximize InDesign, and discover the window position and size, pretty small.
   That's the reason of your messed up workspace: the window is too small to fully open every panels.

So now, you can extend the window size to rebuild your workspace and close InDesgin again, to ask him to keep your configuration.

You could think that's all.

But no, there is another issue: even if you don't use maximization, InDesign won't let you decide the position and size of it's own window!

Just after previous steps, with a little window extended, close it again to reopen it.

Now InDesign window is almost maximize with 5 or 10 px of margin on each side.

If you keep this window position and size, all will be fine at every launch app.

But if you need to maximize it or reduce it, next time you will not have what you left.

Abobe, can you check this (and the ZXPSignLib-minimal.dll issue with temp directories not in the right Temp directory?) ?

A short video will explain it better.

Thanks.

A user of InDesign since the beginning.

[Derek Cross]

This is a user-to-user support forum (i.e. you are not addressing Adobe here).

Bug reports should be sent to: Wishform - Adobe InDesign

By the way, have you tried trashing your InDesign Preferences:

Close and relaunch InDesign, and IMMEDIATELY hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Windows) or Cmd + Ctrl + Opt + Shift (Mac), and respond in the affirmative to the dialog asking if you really want to replace the preferences. you must be extremely fast on the keyboard (if you don’t see the confirmation prompt, you were too slow)

You may have to do it a couple of times before you get the hang of it!

[dp.arno]

Thank you for your answer.

As I do not have any answer from Adobe for any bug report I made, I share my experience.

I have this bug an a fresh install since the first CC version, maybe before, so it's not coming from the prefs.

[Derek Cross]

I'm a Mac user, maybe someone who uses Windows can respond.

[amaarora]

Hi,

Can you please mail me your bug as well? Or the title?

Also does making a custom workspace and using it helps to some extent?

Regards,

Aman

amaarora@adobe.com

InDesign Team

[Derek Cross]

It would be useful to get feedback if the matter is resolved.

[amaarora]

Hi Derek,

This seems to be more of a feature request than a bug and this has been the behaviour since long.

I was able to reproduce both the issues too namely the panels getting docked on resizing the window and that the window size is not remembered.

I have requested dp.arno​​ to send another report to Adobe, just in case it gets fixed/looked-up in future releases.

Regards,

Aman

[dp.arno]

Dear Aman,

mail done

I have 4 workspaces on 3 computers. Same problems.

But

I have another thing.

With another custom workspace, the one for 2 screens with all my panels outside InDesign window, InDesign stay maximize at the opening. But if I un-maximize, I return to the little small window. All panels open at the same position and size and the other screen.

If I open again, I return to the fullscreen with 5 px margin. 😕

I also tried with default workspaces. Same issues.