How do you separate size box / crop box for image placement?

[landscape_snarkitect]

I upgraded to Indesign CC 2025 and noticed that now when I place images in Indesign, the image resizes when I am trying to adjust the crop window. Before now, the outer placement box resizes the crop on the image, while double clicking inside the image reveals the resizing boundary.

How to I switch it back to the old way of resizing? It is stretching and cropping all of my images in odd ways because they seem to be interconnected now. 

Thanks!

[Mike Witherell · Accepted solution]

Have a look at Preferences > General > Content-Aware Fit

Maybe you want to switch it off?

[landscape_snarkitect]

Regardless of whether the box is checked, I get the same result 😞

[landscape_snarkitect]

Please see the video attached. I just took a quick phone video of what I am seeing on my end. 

[leo.r · Accepted solution]

You don't have anything suspicious selected in Object > Fitting > Frame Fitting Options for this link?

[landscape_snarkitect]

Looks like the Auto-fit option seems to be auto-checked. I unchecked it and am now able to manipulate it as normal. 

Do you know how to remove it as the default placement setting? Under preferences, I could not find an option for it. I hope it is not integrated into CC 2025 :0

[leo.r · Accepted solution]

Do you know how to remove it as the default placement setting? Under preferences, I could not find an option for it. I hope it is not integrated into CC 2025 :0

By @landscape_snarkitect

Close all documents, then select the same menu and set the desired settings.