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December 14, 2023

P: Implementation of Alt text and Extended Description fields is incomplete

  • December 14, 2023
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The Accessibility fields Alt Text and Extended Description in the Metadata panel's IPTC tagset were added to LR 13.1, but the implementation is incomplete:

 

1. In the Library Filter bar and smart collections, they aren't searchable via Any Searchable Field, Searchable Metadata, or Searchable IPTC (like the other fields in the IPTC tagset).

 

2. In the SDK, the method photo:getFormattedMetadata() doesn't support the keys "altTextAccessibility" and "extDescrAccessibility".

 

3. The Lightroom Classic Programmers Guide should document the tagset field ids "com.adobe.altTextAccessibility" and "com.adobe.extDescrAccessibility", in two sections:

 

Token Patterns (page 62)

Custom Metadata Tagset Example (page 77)

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    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    May 29, 2024

    In LR 13.3, Alt Text and Extended Description are now searchable via the Text filter and smart collections.

      johnrellis
      johnrellisAuthor
      Legend
      February 25, 2024

      @Rikk Flohr: Photography, items 2 and 3 of this bug report were implemented, but item 1 (making the new fields searchable) wasn't. Should I file a new bug report?

       

        Rikk Flohr_Photography
        Community Manager
        Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        February 21, 2024

        Greetings all,

         

        Updates for the Adobe Photography Products have been released.  The February 2024 updates contain an update for this issue. 

        If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

        Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

         

        Thank you for being so patient.

        Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
          Rikk Flohr_Photography
          Community Manager
          Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          February 21, 2024

          Greetings all,

           

          Updates for the Adobe Photography Products have been released.  The February 2024 updates contain an update for this issue. 

          If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

          Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

           

          Thank you for being so patient.

          Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
            Rikk Flohr_Photography
            Community Manager
            Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            December 18, 2023

            Adding ticket number and updating status. 

            Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
              johnrellis
              johnrellisAuthor
              Legend
              December 15, 2023

              @Rikk Flohr: Photography, the current behavior is clearly not as-designed. The method photo:getFormattedMetadata () returns every other IPTC field shown in the Metadata panel. Obviously, the developer forgot to update a table used by that method -- a simple bug.

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