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Jun 30, 2013 8:23 PM UTC
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P: Navigator preview pane shows wrong photo

In Lightroom 5 sometimes the Navigator preview pane display gets stuck on a different photo than what I'm working on in the develop module. I haven't managed to figure out when in happens specifically, but I notice it once every few working sessions.
Thanks, David

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Rikk Flohr-Personal
Inspiring
Aug 4, 2014 6:49 PM UTC
Well, until I can duplicate it there isn't a lot I can do to help. I run Win 7 64 in my production studio and don't see this happen. I did many versions ago but it was fixed and never came back.

If you can get me some steps to try, I would appreciate it.
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Rikk Flohr (Adobe Retired)
Participating Frequently
Aug 4, 2014 6:40 PM UTC
Windows 7 x64 Pro.

The steps? Specific mouse gestures. Would take too long to write up a detailed enough explanation though, which is why I've offered in the past to speak directly.

The TLDR: LR doesn't properly track mouse movements from one UI element to another and sometimes thinks the mouse is still hovering over the previous element still, when it isnt. (this also causes a bug where the mouse cursor is wrong, such as showing a "resize" cursor instead of the default "pointer" cursor over the "Folders" panel)
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Rikk Flohr-Personal
Inspiring
Aug 4, 2014 6:21 PM UTC
Can you write me a specific set of steps so that I can attempt to reproduce? Which OS do you use?
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Rikk Flohr (Adobe Retired)
Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
Aug 4, 2014 6:20 PM UTC
Can you write me a set of specific steps so that I can try to reproduce? OS?
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Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Participating Frequently
Aug 4, 2014 5:40 PM UTC
Yes, the problem is still there. I can reproduce it on every public build of LR5 from the 5.0 beta through the recently released 5.6.
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Rikk Flohr-Personal
Inspiring
Aug 4, 2014 4:35 PM UTC
Hey everyone, a quick question - are you still seeing the wrong image in the Navigator panel when you are in Develop module?
if so, What version of Lightroom are you using?
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Rikk Flohr (Adobe Retired)
Inspiring
Jan 6, 2014 9:33 PM UTC
I think I might have found a workaround for this issue. When preview image is stuck in Develop module, I simply selected a different image using the Filmstrip panel at the bottom of the the screen while in Develop module. Could have been a fluke, let me know if it works for you!
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Participant
Sep 27, 2013 10:30 AM UTC
I've noticed this too - sometimes moving to another image and back fixes, sometimes I need to restart. The Navigator preview pane also sometimes stops showing the preset previews when you hover across the preset names. This happened in 5.0 and still in 5.2.
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Participating Frequently
Sep 26, 2013 5:59 PM UTC
This happens ALL THE TIME in 5.0 and 5.2. This is even more extremely annoying when you use the preview window as a way to navigate around an image while zoomed in, since you have no idea what you're even clicking on!
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PateDo Photographies
Participant
Sep 23, 2013 12:15 PM UTC
Bonjour à tous, Hi to all !
je dispose de cette version depuis hier , j'ai constaté la même chose que vous, mais je mettais cette question sous la cause de mon inexpérience
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