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umpfgrmbl
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December 20, 2017
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How to prevent Adobe InDesign from stealing focus in Windows 10?

  • December 20, 2017
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  1. open for example Notepad
  2. start InDesign
  3. go back to Notepad and type something
  4. while the App InDesign is starting/loading, it will steal the focus a several times, means its window places itself in the foreground
  5. your Notepad loses the focus/lands in the background

You can't work properly while InDesign is loading. InDesign (and every other Adobe app) should stay in the background until and only the user is clicking the certain window.

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    Correct answer BobLevine

    Have you reported it to Adobe? Have you voted it up here?

    InDesign steals focus in Windows 10 – Adobe InDesign Feedback

    It's annoying but right now, only two votes are there. You're going to need to drum up a lot more support to get the attention of the engineers.

    In the meantime, the same advice I provided before holds. Stop launching and closing the app.

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    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    December 21, 2017

    The problem may have something to do with the programming interface with GPUs. I've seen such behaviour with Microsoft applications (Word, Outlook, etc.) when the “use GPU acceleration” option is used in those applications.

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    Anna Lander
    Anna Lander
    Inspiring
    December 21, 2017

    It's a common behaviour of the last Adobe software versions. Photoshop and Illustrator do the same. I guess it happens when they take the most of system resources to finish their starting preparing.

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2017

    Have you reported it to Adobe? Have you voted it up here?

    InDesign steals focus in Windows 10 – Adobe InDesign Feedback

    It's annoying but right now, only two votes are there. You're going to need to drum up a lot more support to get the attention of the engineers.

    In the meantime, the same advice I provided before holds. Stop launching and closing the app.

    Steve Werner
    Community Expert
    Steve WernerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2017

    I'd also like to add that this thread is for InDesign problems. There was a similar thread which covered the same ground but was taken over by people having problems in Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc., etc. I had to lock that thread because it was going way too far afield.

    If you're having problems in another application post on the forum for that application.

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    umpfgrmblAuthor
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    December 21, 2017

    Steve,

    you locked my other thread because you supposed that "Most of the people posting here are NOT using Adobe InDesign software". How do you know?

    Thank you for your advice "If you're having problems in another application post on the forum for that application."

    I will do so.

    Meanwhile I have problems with Adobe InDesign, the same problem for more than two years. So I go on posting here.

    By the way I use InDesign since Version 1.0 and payed license fees over the years that could buy a good car.

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