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dean.p
dean.p
Inspiring
June 16, 2023
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Move or Disable Home button

  • June 16, 2023
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I'd like to make a feature request.... the ability ot move or remove the home button! (probably ranked one of my top anoying features of Indesign)

 

Currently, I open indesign, there is no home button. Normally, I'll open a document and save a new version.. I open document and click "file>Sav..."... The freakin "Home" button has just appeared where the "File" menu item was, and has closed and saved the document without warning! The "Home" button is not making anything easier... at the very least, have the "home" button visible at ALL times (Photoshop has it in a different menubar), instead of moving the position of main menu items... moving positions of main menu items on the fly, I would go so far as calling that a bug [smacks forehead].

 

It'd be an interesting statistic to know if anyone actually 'intentionally' uses the home button... of course, you'd have to filter out all home button clicks within the first second or so of opening a document 😉

 

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    Correct answer Eugene Tyson

    Don't think I've ever pressed the Home button in my life. Not even sure when it was introduced. I have sucessfully ignored it since it was ever introduced.

     

    The place to make feature requests is here
    https://indesign.uservoice.com/

     

     

    3 replies

    MasterJuggler
    MasterJuggler
    Participant
    October 30, 2024

    The new tool panel features in InDesign are driving me nuts. I've used InDesign since it's first edition and never have these features been so cumbersome to use. I use mutiple monitors and whether I launch InDesign, open a document or select a new workspace, most of the panels appear around the edges of the monitor/s with the 'move' control area off-screen and unreachable. I can't simple drag the entire InDesign interface in one clean sweep from my laptop to a larger monitor like I used to and end up with multiple palettes scattered all over the place. It's total crap!

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 17, 2023

    Hi @dean.p , you can tear off the app bar containing the Home button and hide it in your saved workspace:

     

     

    graphic mac
    graphic mac
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2023

    How did you do that? I can't find a way to hide the app bar. Also, tearing it off only appears to work when you aren't using the Application Frame setting (which kills the whole idea for me).

     

    That entire toolbar/application bar is such an incredible waste of space, I wish Adobe would just kill it.

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2023

    Right, you have to turn off the Application Frame in order to tear off the application bar. You can hide it behind a panel and save the workspace.

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    Community Expert
    Eugene TysonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 17, 2023

    Don't think I've ever pressed the Home button in my life. Not even sure when it was introduced. I have sucessfully ignored it since it was ever introduced.

     

    The place to make feature requests is here
    https://indesign.uservoice.com/

     

     

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 17, 2023

      It's easy to avoid the Home button:

       

      In InDesign > Preferences > General, uncheck the very first option "Show Home Screen When No Documents Are Open," It's on by default. I teach this to all my InDesign classes, the same in Illustrator.

        graphic mac
        graphic mac
        Inspiring
        June 18, 2023

        That's not what we're talking about here. We're referring to the giant useless amount of space taken up by the App Bar (which contains nothing more than the Home button, Tutorials button, Workspace dropdown menu, and Adobe Stock Search bar).

         

         

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