Links Panel Overflow

[digitala79530380]

Ever since we moved to InDesign 2024, we've noticed that the Links Panel will often overflow with linked assets and cause the panel to become unusable. 

To reproduce this, you first must have a lot of unique links in your document.
Open the document and select one of the assets on the page, such as an image. The links panel will try to highlight the link, but it will get jumbled up and overflow with other links in the document. 

I have attached a screenshot of what we're getting.

Platform: Mac
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.4

Indesign Version: 19.3


Troubleshooting steps taken so far:

Reinstalled InDesign 2024.
Reset InDesign's preferences.
Switched to a default workspace rather than a custom workspace.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour? 

Thanks

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

No! That's not good. Two questions:

1. How exactly did you reset preferences? Just the keyboard-on-launch technique or did you go all the way into the hidden folders to rebuild cache/preferences? If the former, see https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/.  
2. Did you report this to the Adobe team using https://indesign.uservoice.com? This is the user-to-user forum—we are users like you. We can offer advice and explain features, but if there's a problem with the software, Adobe needs to handle that.

~Barb

[digitala79530380]

We have removed prefs via the user's hidden Library folder. Specifically /Users/user/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/. I will also send a report to user voice. Thank you for the help.

[leo.r]

We have removed prefs via the user's hidden Library folder. Specifically /Users/user/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/. I will also send a report to user voice. Thank you for the help.

By @digitala79530380

Try to specifically remove caches as @Barb Binder already mentioned:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

[SGarske]

I have been getting this as well for the past 2 weeks. I work in publishing, I have hundreds of links in some of my documents. It has made InDesign practically un-useable. Did anyone have a work around? I have also left a report on uservoice. Help

[leo.r]

I have been getting this as well for the past 2 weeks. I work in publishing, I have hundreds of links in some of my documents. It has made InDesign practically un-useable. Did anyone have a work around?

By @SGarske

Did you try the solution mentioned above:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

[SGarske]

Yes Im working through that process now.

[SGarske]

Awesome, the reset worked a charm

[leeann_1919]

I am having the same problem! did you ever solve it?

[Anubhav M]

Hello @leeann_1919,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Could you share more details, like the version of the OS/InDesign installed, a link to a sample file, and screenshots/a small screen recording of the problem, so I can check it with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav