Toolbox Panel in InDesign is frozen.

[carolynservid]

My Toolbox panel in InDesign is frozen. All the tools are visible but I can't use any of them. The text tool is highlighted, all the others are grayed out.

[Peter Spier]

Did you try restarting InDesign? Rebooting?

If that doesn't work, try resetting your preferences. See Reset InDesign Preferences and Other Troubleshooting 

[carolynservid]

I've restarted InDesign and restarted the computer without fully shutting it down. I'll try that next and also look into resetting Preferences. Thanks!

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

It may be worth noting that the Toolbox looks like that when you are in Story Editor. Ctrl/Cmd+Y will toggle between Layout View and Story Editor view. I'm curious if this happened after using Story Editor? And what InDesign version/operating system are you using? We had a number of similar reports a few years ago, but yours is the first I've seen lately. I seem to remember that some were somehow stuck in Story Editor view.

~Barb

[carolynservid]

That did it!  Not clear how exactly I got stuck in Story Editor, but I'm not anymore and have my tools back again. Thank you so much!  FYI I'm using InDesign version 19.5, the most recent.

[Barb Binder]

Great!! Glad you have it figured out. 

~Barb