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How do you disable these annoying popups in InDesign?

Explorer ,
Jul 17, 2024 Jul 17, 2024

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annoying popup every time an image is moved in InDesignannoying popup every time an image is moved in InDesign

Every time I move an image in InDesign, I see this annoying popup trying to coax me into using the next AI beta feature that Adobe is cramming into its software these days. I see Adobe community posts going back more than 6 years asking how similar annoying popups can be disabled on a number of Adobe apps. Please advise. And Adobe Development team, please make these optional without the need for the user to make registry edits!

 

And no, I don't want to keep clicking "Got It". I just want these helpul annoying popups to stop spamming my workflow.

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Explorer ,
Jul 17, 2024 Jul 17, 2024

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Windows, Contextual Task Bar.jpg

So, for anyone else tired of this particular annoyance, you can go to Windows > Contextual Task Bar and make sure it is unchecked.

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New Here ,
Oct 07, 2024 Oct 07, 2024

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No longer in that place in the current version : 19.5

Of course, there is always a choice.

There are several other progs that do the same, some a lot cheaper as well.....

 

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New Here ,
Oct 07, 2024 Oct 07, 2024

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....with "doing the same" I  mean page layout progs !

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Community Expert ,
Jul 17, 2024 Jul 17, 2024

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@June Rabbit also if you click on the three dots ••• you can also Hide the Context Bar too

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Explorer ,
Sep 03, 2024 Sep 03, 2024

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Thankfully, is is easy enough to 'hide' the context bar. The approach of having a pop-up appear over where you are working is a UI trend that I will never understand. A lot of software does this today and I can't imagine anything more invasive and off putting from a user experience standpoint, but I digress...

Hiding the context pop up doesn't solve the entire problem. How do we disable all of the pop ups? Every few minutes a dynamic tool tip or blue pop up appears and I can't figure out how to make it stop! Other Adobe apps have a disable option for... I believe it is called "rich tool tips", but not in InDesign?

Adobe, undersand that a large number of us use this software professionally, quickly, and under time constraints. We DO NOT want to click an "X" or "Got It" ever few minutes. Do you understand this concept?

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Community Expert ,
Oct 07, 2024 Oct 07, 2024

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The question was on hiding the new feature popup, not the contextul tool bar. 

I don't think there is a way to disable them but usually if you click "Got It", they will not show up again until you reset your preferences. 

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 10, 2024 Oct 10, 2024

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This is exteremely annoying. It does popup every single time for some reason. I know they want to create awareness on the new tools, but it doesn't need to be in a way it starts to feel like spam. 

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New Here ,
Oct 15, 2024 Oct 15, 2024

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agreed. i've probably clicked "got it" 40 times, and keep getting that same dude's mug invading my space. just as bad now any time i undo multiple steps, and get the history panel popping up with its own tool tip.

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Participant ,
Oct 27, 2024 Oct 27, 2024

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They do popup time and again after clicking GOT IT.
So annoying. So frustrating.

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Explorer ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

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Exactly - it's not the context bar that was reported in this thread as causing the issue. (For context bar control - you can click the [ ... ] and drag context bar to a new location and pin it to a less annoying location - such as the bottom of the page seems to work well.)

 

This thread was about the pop-up ads covering part of your workspace while trying to be productive.  Seems like clicking on "Got It" will disable the Adobe pop-up banner temporarily until the next feature is pushed thru. Because they are back again after doing just that previously.

 

Nothing quite like picking an image to nudge it precisely into place and then a surprise pop up banner covers your work and you lose selection focus and the view of your selected object becomes obscurred with the banner now being the unintended selected object! Every bit as welcome as someone intentionally bumping your mouse/arm while trying to do your work.

 

Why not just have links to highlight new features that customers can view voluntarily at a convenient time, rather than interrupting your customers with an ad that covers their work while they are trying to complete a project or assignment?

 

Just my 2 cents.

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Contributor ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

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At least I'm now paying $89.99 a month for this...

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Explorer ,
Nov 25, 2024 Nov 25, 2024

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5 Days since my last post --

As a follow up, just wanted to say that clicking "Got It" is a mere postponement at best. The pop-up banner will return to get in the way of your active workspace again and again, and you will lose focus of any selected items when you click on the pop-up to get rid of it. Continues to be a time waster and a seemingly intentional annoyance. Have clicked "got it" twice on the same document in one day and it is back yet again. Imagine the feedback if the pop-ups also appeared on this comment page?

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New Here ,
Nov 28, 2024 Nov 28, 2024

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Happy to see more people are having this issue, hopefully it will be fixed soon.. It seems like InDesign has started resetting my preferences every now and then, resetting the workspace as well as cycling through the same set of feature pop-ups. So annoying when working on multiple displays, hunting down the pop-up that's preventing me from moving my image.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 15, 2024 Oct 15, 2024

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The feature is not just in InDesign. It's at least in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

 

It's likely not going away because, for many people, it provides a quick contextual way of choosing common commands.\

 

I suggest going to the InDesign User Voice, and request a Preference to Disable the Contextual Menu so it cannot be invoked.

 

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

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Community Expert ,
Oct 15, 2024 Oct 15, 2024

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It was about 'whats new hint' above the Contextual menu, that you can simply disable.

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 23, 2024 Oct 23, 2024

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Here is the solution for the problem (Indesign version 20.0).
Go to Preferences -> Advanced Type -> Turn off all "Type Contextual Controls".
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Community Expert ,
Oct 23, 2024 Oct 23, 2024

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The problem wasn't the contextual controls--it was the giant banners advertising new features. 

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David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Oct 27, 2024 Oct 27, 2024

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Seems like Adobe are just going to ignore any complaints about this.
This is so intrusive and annoying.

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New Here ,
Oct 30, 2024 Oct 30, 2024

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That isn't the solution at all @JaFo , if you unselect those you will just lose easy control over contextual alternates when typesetting.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 03, 2024 Dec 03, 2024

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nope

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 03, 2024 Dec 03, 2024

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LATEST

TERRIBLE!!!!

happening all the time in this version of indd!!!

this and that blue pop ups..

mental!

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