P: LR4 Develop Module tools dropdown not automatically visible

LRuser24 might be right. It may have to do with screen resolution. I am at the bottom of the 768px height requirement on this laptop, which I have been using, since my desktop with the giant monitor is still on XP.

Even a tool like the Spot Healing tool doesn't behave as expected, even though it's got no chance of making itself too big to view.

I hope the Adobe team can just change the functionality a bit to pop back up to the top when I select a tool to use. Minor annoyance that doesn't warrant a new system, just yet :)

Thanks for everyone's brains on this one!

Agree.

Tim, what is your maximum screen resolution? Does it meet the LR minimum spec?

Do you run in a window or maximized?

I can reproduce it (Win 7, 64 Bit, LR 4.1 RC).

The trick is to make the LR window so small in height, that the brush slider section just barely fits into the screen. In this size,and when all scrolled down and many panels opened, the effect appears.

And yes, it does not happen in LR 3.6, no matter how small you make the window. The disadvantage in LR 3 is that you can't scroll in the brush settings if they don't fit, so I assume that the new behaviour in LR4 is a feature rather than a bug. However, it would be nice if LR4 would scroll to the top if the local corrections are invoced - if my previous assumption is correct (feature instead of bug), this would be the "real" "sub-bug" 😉

Two options:

1. Rebuild your preference file by renaming it to a different name and let LR rebuild it again on the next open. Location: http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/p...
2. Reinstall LR 4.1 to see if it corrects something that was errant in your 4.0 install.

After that, I am looking at device drivers Mouse/Tablet/Monitor and making certain they are up-to-date.

My behavior is the same on 3.6 as 4.1

In the attached image, A is LR3 Develop panel, scrolled to the bottom, with all of the panels expanded. Note that the scroll bar is at the bottom.

B is LR3 after selecting the Adjustment Brush. The Adjustment Brush options drop down and actually compress the scroll bar, making the options immediately available. Note how the scroll bar is squashed to make room for the tool options panel.

C is LR4, scrolled to the bottom, like A.

D is LR4 after the Adjustment Brush is selected. The behavior is different. The options panel expands, as it should, but it is not immediately visible. Notice that the scroll bar has the same height as the original scroll bar, in C, but that the scroll button has shifted upward, indicating the panel height changed.

This is Win7 64-bit, on a brand new catalog, and it functions the same on every other catalog I have tried.

Not critical, just an annoyance...

Works here on Win 7 64 Bit. No matter whether in Solo Mode or Show All, it drops down like in previous versions.

Does this happen in a new catalog?