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craigl33303718
Inspiring
November 23, 2022
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Color of objects changing as I hover

  • November 23, 2022
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Can anyone tell me why the colors in my document change when I hover over them? Actually, to be more specific, they become lighter and more muted when I hover off of them. Never seen this before.

    Correct answer Brandon26615006ar3p

    I had this happening too and it was driving me up the wall. went through all the view options and prefrences and nothing seem to get rid of it; until...
    i'm working with a dual moniter setup – laptop and a benq moniter – and it went away when i dragged the ID document from the main screen onto the laptop screen and stayed gone when i dragged it back. 

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    Brandon26615006ar3pCorrect answer
    New Participant
    May 12, 2024

    I had this happening too and it was driving me up the wall. went through all the view options and prefrences and nothing seem to get rid of it; until...
    i'm working with a dual moniter setup – laptop and a benq moniter – and it went away when i dragged the ID document from the main screen onto the laptop screen and stayed gone when i dragged it back. 

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      Tjasa27253740ab5l
      New Participant
      June 4, 2024

      Thanks! This is what helped me as well!!!

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      Kmar
      New Participant
      January 26, 2025

      This started happening to me yesterday with ID 2025. I have multiple monitors. What seemed to solve it (temporarily) for me was to restart ID. Haven't tried what Brandon suggested about dragging to my main (laptop) MBP screen.

        Matthew Mangion
        Matthew Mangion
        New Participant
        May 16, 2023

        Same here, must be a bug

         

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          arnec6581227
          New Participant
          April 18, 2023

          I also have this issue, did you get it resolved?

          Also, when I click next to the page the colours stay muted and when I hover over them they get back to normal.

          This also in reverse. It looks more like a feature than a bug but I would like to disable it.

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            Jamie Mikkelsen
            New Participant
            April 27, 2023

            Yep, having a similar sort of issue too. Working on M1 MacBook Pro, latest version of InDesign, seems to be with some of the brighter colours I'm working with? 

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              Eugene Tyson
              Community Expert
              November 27, 2022

              Hi @craigl33303718 

              Did you get this resolved?

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              craigl33303718Author
              Inspiring
              December 1, 2022

              So far, it hasn't been happening in my other documents. So, I am kind of in wait and see mode.

               

              I'll let you know.

              Bill Silbert
              Bill Silbert
              Community Expert
              November 23, 2022

              Is this happening with just one document or with all files? If it is just one file then try exporting it to IDML and then opening that file in your version of InDesign. Then save the new file as .indd. This process can remove some corruption from a file.

              John Mensinger
              John Mensinger
              Community Expert
              November 23, 2022

              Does this occur with every object on the page? Images, text, and vector graphics? Frames? Guides?

               

              In any case, it would also help if you post more information about the version of InDesign you're running, as well as your operating system, etc.

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