Limiting Text Frame Expansion to One Direction in InDesign

[tinae83827792]

I have a text frame (inDesign) that expands in 4 directions. But I only want it to increase in one direction. Tried all settings in "command B"

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[Eugene Tyson]

Double click the control handle on whichever side you wish to expand.

If you're looking for auto-sizing of the Text Frame you can control which side it expands on

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/using/text-frame-fitting.html#:~:text=Persistent%20text%20frame%...

[tinae83827792]

Sorry but I have tried all of this
I just want the frame to go down or to the right
But it expand in all 4 directions

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[Bill Silbert]

If you set the alignment to the upper left in the control panel (as seen in the screenshot below) then the selected frame will expand in the direction that you're looking for when you enter the desired X and Y coordinates. 

[tinae83827792]

Yes i did that but it still sexpand in all 4 sides.

The result will be the same - Har provat markera alla hörn

[Eugene Tyson]

It works the way I described it - not sure what you're doing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ub8hFP3lc

[tinae83827792]

I am just trying to drag a text-block (as I have done many times before) but it expand at all 4 sides.
I have lots of text - and don't make a new block, i just want to drag it up or down!!
That has never happend before. But thanks for the movie I know how i should work.... I and I have tried. So i might need to restart and uppdate. Have a nice weekend.

[Bill Silbert]

If all of these solutions aren't working and you've actually been able to do this before then it's possible that the program has some corruption. Try resetting your preferences. This will restore the program to its defaults and, hopefully, fix the issue.

To reset preferences:

For Macintosh Users: The User Library folder in which InDesign’s preferences are stored is hidden by default on most Macintoshes. To access it make sure that InDesign is closed and click on the desktop to launch a Finder Window (Command-N). With this window in column view follow the path User>Home folder (it’s the folder with an icon that looks like a house—it may have the user’s name rather than “Home”) and click on the Home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. “Library” will now appear within the Home folder. Within the Library folder find the folder called Preferences and within it find the folder called “Adobe InDesign” and the file called “com.adobe.InDesign.plist” and delete both that folder and that file. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults.

For Windows Users: You can try the quick way of resetting on a PC which is to hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching InDesign and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. There have been some recent reports that the window asking if you want to reset is not popping up but that the prefs are being reset anyway. If this works great but if it doesn’t you may have to manually delete them.

To do so: On Windows 7 and above the preference files are hidden. To find them go to the Control Panel and open Folder Options and then click the View tab. Then select “Show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files, folders or drive options” in Advanced Settings. Then delete (or rename) the folder at the end of this path: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\<Version #>\<Language>. Make sure that InDesign is closed when you do this. When you relaunch the program it will create new preference files and the program will be at its default settings.

The advantage of manually deleting preference files is that after you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, you can create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Are you saying that when you create a new frame, it goes from the center out? That's what would happen if your Option/Alt key were held down. 

[Willi Adelberger]

Make an object style where it expands only in the direction you need it. Apply this style.

[jmlevy]

Hi @tinae83827792 I just opened your attached InDesign file. The only frame in it (the yellow frame) is not a text frame but an unassigned frame, so Cmd B does not do anything.

If you transform it in a text frame and set the autosize like this, it will work, as wrote @Willi Adelberger .