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gorgonthemagnificent
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March 29, 2012

P: LR4 Develop Module tools dropdown not automatically visible

  • March 29, 2012
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In previous versions of Lightroom, selecting one of the tools in the Development Module, such as the Adjustment Brush, automatically displayed the settings panel directly below the tools, in what appears to be a dropdown.

Selecting a tool in LR4, on Windows 7, no longer makes the panel automatically visible, no matter where you are scrolled in the Develop panel; you have to scroll back up to the top of the panel in order to see the settings.

Not critical, but certainly annoying behavior. I looked for other reports of this but found nothing, so I apologize if this has already been addressed.

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    J453
    Legend
    March 23, 2017
    This issue was fixed in Lightroom 4.3 and later.
    dorin_nicolaescu
    dorin_nicolaescu
    Inspiring
    October 16, 2012
    Without scrolling, the brush panel just won't fit on my laptop's screen (1366x768). When I am on a desktop (1680x1050) it does not scroll, stays fixed.
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    gorgonthemagnificentAuthor
    Participant
    October 16, 2012
    Wait. You like when you select a tool and then you have to scroll to get to the tool's options, instead of having them immediately available? That's kind of like having your oven in the garage...
    dorin_nicolaescu
    dorin_nicolaescu
    Inspiring
    October 16, 2012
    But is it a bug? I actually like it when I use Lightroom on a laptop (1366x768).
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    Josabad
    Participating Frequently
    October 16, 2012
    Why this problem wasn't fixed in LR 4.2?
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    fototip85
    Participant
    September 25, 2012
    In LR3 was convenient to use adjastment brush, when you click on this icon was drop-down list. Now, if you want to use brushes, have to scroll through a list of modules upstairs. It is not very convenient!

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    Josabad
    Participating Frequently
    May 2, 2012
    The bug has not been fixed in LR 4.1 RC2!
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    Adobe Employee
    Bec Sowada
    Adobe Employee
    April 5, 2012
    Thanks, everyone, for the detailed information. I was able to see the same problem and have logged a bug.
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    Josabad
    Participating Frequently
    April 4, 2012
    I did some further tests on this strange behavior of LR 4.1 RC (Win 7 x64, Full HD Screen 1920x1080).

    If I have scrolled down in the Develop panel and then click on a tool in the tool strip (for instance the adjustment brush), than the panel expands (I see, that the scroll bar is getting shorter) but I have to scroll up to the top to see the settings.
    Yet the settings become visible instantly (without scrolling up), when I hide the Module-picker-Panel or the Filmstrip-Panel or both.
    But this does work only if I run the program maximised or in a window nearly as big as maximised (on my 1920x1080 screen). If the window is a smaller, then hiding or expanding these two panels has no effect and I'm forced to croll up.

    In LR 3.6 this problem did not occur. The setting of the tools could be seen always automatically, regardless where I had scrolled in the Develop panel, regardless the window size and regardless whether I hat expanded or hidden the upper and lower panel.
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    Josabad
    Participating Frequently
    April 3, 2012
    I have the same problem by using the tool strip like Tim - using Win7 x64 and monitor full screen 1920x1080.
    This behavior did not occur in LR 3.6, but it does in LR 4.1 RC.
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