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ALT Drag for Duplicate not working in CC

Explorer ,
Jun 20, 2013 Jun 20, 2013

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I use the alt (option) drag to duplicate items all the time. I just made the switch over to InDesign CC from CS6, and now it doesn't work. The odd thing though is when I hold down alt and hover over an object, my cursor does change to the double arrow, as if the duplicate function is going to work. But when I go to drag (obv. while holding down on alt), and let go, the object simply moves with no duplication occurring.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Community Beginner , Apr 06, 2015 Apr 06, 2015

I found if I went to Preferences > Interface > Options and changed Live Screen Drawing to "Immediate" it solved my problem.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 20, 2013 Jun 20, 2013

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Did you copy keyboard shortcuts from a previous version?

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Explorer ,
Jun 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013

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No. I didn't know I had to. I thought this would be a part of the basic functionality of the program.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013

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No you don't have to. I asked becasue doing so can cause problems.

Try trashing the prefs. See Replace Your Preferences

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New Here ,
Aug 26, 2013 Aug 26, 2013

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I had the same problem with Indesign CC for Mac.

Found out that Real Time Thread Shield of my AV (Webroot) caused this behavior.

Posted it on Webroot forums too:

https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Complete/Webroot-supressing-alt-modifier-in-...

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New Here ,
Oct 11, 2016 Oct 11, 2016

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Thank you soooooo much for the disabling webroot suggestion!! This resolved a host of behavior issues including the duplicate object behavior mention above!!! ie.. handtool (space bar) magnifying- (opt, command, space)

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New Here ,
Mar 20, 2014 Mar 20, 2014

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I'm facing the same problem. How did you fix this?
I can't work in Indesign if the alt-drag doesn't work...
Thanks very much in advance!

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Contributor ,
Apr 27, 2014 Apr 27, 2014

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I think I've solved it. Instead of ALT and immediately moving the object keep your mouse held down on the object till the transform box disappears then ALT drag. Must be a weird CC thing.

Just an addition to this, the latest beta version of Mavericks 10.9.3 has seemed to have fixed this now. I've ALT dragged a box and it's duplicated as of old. Must have been a known bug that Apple have fixed. I'm sure it wont be long till they bring the release version out and all will be well in the InDesign world again.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 27, 2014 Jun 27, 2014

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Hello,

i just got a new iMac (OS X 10.9.3) and installed the latest Adobe Software (Indesign CC 2014) and experienced the same. Thank you for answering my problem, but i have to admit, that this is rather annoying: i have to waaaaaiiiiit untill i can copy the box. This is not very user-friendly and interrupts my working process.

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New Here ,
Sep 15, 2014 Sep 15, 2014

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This worked for me! Im not sure why they passed this in as a useful modification?

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Explorer ,
Oct 01, 2014 Oct 01, 2014

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Thanks, been really irritated by this, thought I was going mad. I hope Adobe revert to the behaviour we expect.

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 29, 2015 Sep 29, 2015

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This did not work for me. No matter how long I hold, I cannot Option Drag. Holding both Option and Command keys doesn't work either. Nothing in this thread works. I'm running CC 2015 and OSX 10.10.5. Strangely, without updating anything, option drag JUST STOPPED WORKING YESTERDAY! I repeat, I changed nothing; in the middle of the day, it just stopped working.

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Explorer ,
Mar 08, 2017 Mar 08, 2017

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This works for me, but another issue I have is constraining drag to 90° etc....

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New Here ,
Apr 11, 2017 Apr 11, 2017

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Thanks, Gary! That worked - so weird!

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New Here ,
Oct 01, 2014 Oct 01, 2014

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I was annoyed when this featured seemed to be missing, too! But then it worked for me when I held 'option' AND 'command' (I have a mac). Just have to get used to using the extra button now.

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New Here ,
Sep 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017

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This doesn't always work! Can't figure out the magic.

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New Here ,
Nov 07, 2014 Nov 07, 2014

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I'm glad I found this post. I couldn't understand why they would get rid of such a common workflow. Holding option and command doesn't work for me, but holding it for 3ish seconds does. Terrible user experience in the CC 2014 Adobe programs. If Adobe programs were a website, they would have already been abandoned by their users because of bad load times and terrible user experience. Shortcut keys are the bread and butter to your programs, why would you mess with how they behave?

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 03, 2015 Mar 03, 2015

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This still does not work for me and quite frankly it's bloody annoying. I hold down the Opt key and try to replace footage and I get the little plus arrow indicating that it should replace the media but nothing gets replaced. ARG!!!!!

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Community Expert ,
Mar 03, 2015 Mar 03, 2015

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Paul,

You'll get more help for your problem if you post in the forum related to your product (not sure what that is, but replacing footage is not something one does in InDesign).

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 03, 2015 Mar 03, 2015

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AH yes. Got derailed there I guess. Now that "CC" applies to 40 products I get confused easily. Wasn't paying enough attention. Sorry. Seems like no delete function on these forums? Another great feature by Adobe.

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Apr 06, 2015 Apr 06, 2015

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I found if I went to Preferences > Interface > Options and changed Live Screen Drawing to "Immediate" it solved my problem.

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New Here ,
Apr 12, 2015 Apr 12, 2015

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Thank you Jimbo8364 It works now 🙂

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 28, 2015 Sep 28, 2015

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This solved the issue for me as well! THANK YOU

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New Here ,
Dec 09, 2015 Dec 09, 2015

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Thank you so much this has been a huge issue all day for me!

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Feb 05, 2016 Feb 05, 2016

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Worked for me Thanks!!

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