"Select All Unused" disappeared for Character and Paragraph Styles

[ShannaC]

"Select All Unused" option has disappeared from my menus when I'm in Character Styles and Paragraph Styles panels. It still appears in other panels like Colors. How do I get them back?

I quit all Adobe apps including Creative Cloud, restarted, updated InDesign to 20.1 (was running 20 when they disappeared), thinking the update might fixt it, but they are still not appearing. Checked Edit/Menus (see screenshot) to make sure both were still checked to be visible, and both are. I toggled that on and off, etc. No dice. 

Any ideas? Thank you!

 

[Steve Werner]

I'm using InDesign 20.1 on a Mac Book Pro (Sequoia 15.3), and my Paragraph Styles panel shows Select All Unused:

You might try restoring your InDesign preferences.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Can you actually show your Paragraph and Character panel menus?

[ShannaC]

Sure, thanks. Normally "Select All Unused" is among the menu options when I right-click from inside the panel.
Showing Colors too just to show that works.

I'm not sure exactly when they stopped showing, but I went to prepare a file for the printer yesterday and they were gone (before I updated to 20.1). 

 

  

[jmlevy · Accepted solution]

I think that the “select unused styles” command is not available with a right click, but only tby using the panel dropdown menu

[ShannaC]

Except it was here in this right-click menu for a really long time, up to and including last week, because I was using it every time I finalized a book for the printer. And it still appears that way in Color panel. 

I do it see it in the longer menu. I would really like it back quicker, but I guess I lose this round w/ Adobe.

[jmlevy]

Except it was here in this right-click menu for a really long time, up to and including last week.

I won't argue but once a software is installed, it 's not possible that any existing feature disappears, unlesss you upgrade or install a new version.

On my computer, I have 4 versions of InDesign (2022 to 2025) and in none of these 4 versions, the “select unused styles” command is available with a right click. That said, I use French versions, so maybe there is a difference with the English versions.

[Pariah Burke · Accepted solution]

Select All Unused has been moved to the panel menu. Instead of right-clicking on the panel, click on the tiny button in the top-left corner that looks like four horizontal lines. You should see the command there.

[ShannaC]

Thanks, I see it there. I want it back in the quick menu. I guess someone has decided it shouldn't be there.