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LRuserXY
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July 25, 2011

P: Adjustment Brush: Why is mouse wheel direction reversed for feather?

  • July 25, 2011
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The size of the adjustment brush can be controlled using the mouse wheel: Rolling it away from me increases the size, rolling it towards me reduces the size (same as in spot removal).

When the mouse wheel is used while holding the shift key, it adjusts the feather. However, it does so in the opposite direction: Away from me decreases the feather, towards me increases it.

IMHO this is completely counterintuitive and confusing. Was this intented (if yes, why?) or is it a bug?

I use LR 3.4.1 on Win XP 32Bit SP3, no special mouse driver and a Logitech MX400 mouse.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    August 24, 2011
    This issue has apparently been fixed in LR 3.5 RC.

    This will suit me a lot. Thanks team!
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    Benjamin Warde
    Participating Frequently
    July 27, 2011
    Not intentional. I've entered the issue in our bug database. (And yes, the bug is Windows-only.)

    Thanks,
    Ben
    RikkFlohr: Inactive
    RikkFlohr: Inactive
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2011
    Appears to be normal in Mac OS. Sounds like a Windows-only bug
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 26, 2011
    This has bugged me as well. I've somewhat accustomed myself to the counterintuitive reversal of direction but I agree that it doesn't make sense (for mouse users, maybe it's different for tablets).

    It will be difficult to just change the behaviour as many will have trained themselves to do the right thing, but I'd support a feature request that asks for an additional preference option that controls in what direction the scroll wheel has to be turned when adjusting the feather.
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    Lee Jay
    Inspiring
    July 25, 2011
    Heh...that's pretty silly! Never noticed that but I can confirm it here on Win7-64 bit.

    If that was intentional, I don't follow the thinking. I'd call it a bug.
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