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MartinC_Photos
Known Participant
July 25, 2017

P: Padlock symbol in Crop tool shows incorrectly as unlocked when aspect crop behaves as locked

  • July 25, 2017
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When choosing Crop tool there is a padlock symbol that shows whether aspect ratio is locked or not. When making the first attempt to crop any particular image the padlock symbol incorrectly shows as unlocked when the tool is behaving as locked.

 

This only seems to happen on the first attempt to crop a new image. 

Whilst the symbol incorrectly shows as unlocked (even though aspect ratio is locked), just passing the mouse pointer over the padlock (no click required)  changes the padlock to correctly show as locked.

Whilst incorrectly showing as unlocked (even though aspect ratio is locked), pressing the shortcut key A has no effect on the padlock symbol but does change the aspect lock to unlocked (so now the symbol and the behaviour matches). Subsequent use of the shortcut A makes padlock symbol behave correctly for that image.

Once the initial incorrect view has been corrected (by one of the above methods), all subsequent behaviour on the same image seems correct. Open another new image and the problem reappears.

 

Catalina 10.15.7

Lightroom Classic v10.0

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45 replies

Participant
November 8, 2020

I'm getting the opposite, lock keeps closing forcing me into a crop ratio.  Unlocking the aspect ratio only seems to work for that crop, the lock reverts to closed next time I want to use it.

Mac, current Catalina version and Lightroom 10.

Simon

Known Participant
November 8, 2020

Resetting Preferences as described by Rick solved the issue for me. Thanks Rikk

Known Participant
November 8, 2020

I am having this exact issue with LR Classic 10.0 on a 2019 27" iMac. When I open the crop tool the lock icon is open but the crop behaves like it is locked. When I mouse over the lock it closes. If I then unlock it it opens and I can then do a custom - free form crop.

This behave repeats for every image I edit. In the past if you left the crop icon unlocked it would stay unlocked, but note that it looks like its unlocked but is not, at least until I make it show its true state then unlock it.

Very annoying and slows me down massively. 

Very disappointed with LR 10 this is the third bug that I have seen so far.

Participant
November 7, 2020

After upgrading to version 10.0 in the develop module with the crop tool, the lock icon shows locked indicating that the image will be cropped with the original aspect ratio, however it does not, it is a freeform crop, as soon as I move my mouse pointer over the lock icon (without clicking) the lock shows open.

Mac 10.14.6 Mojave

Bob Somrak
Legend
October 26, 2020

Martin

I tried your recipe and could not duplicate your issue.    Lr10 and macOS 10.15.7

M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
MartinC_Photos
Known Participant
October 26, 2020

The issue is still there I'm afraid after resetting preferences as you described. I've also captured a related phenomana which (in the image above) shows the padlock greyed out. If you hover (not click) your mouse over the grey padlock it turns to the normal yellow - and usually stays yellow  until LR is next opened. 

In the meantime the bug as described above still exists. It really boils down to the image of the padlock showing incorrectly as locked when the tool behaves as unlocked.

Just like the grey/yellow, it's solved by passing the mouse over the icon shows it correctly, but the problem returns on the next image.

kimballisms
Inspiring
October 25, 2020

Nice demonstration Martin!  Hope Adobe is able to help you.

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
October 25, 2020

A Preference File will survive a Lightroom uninstall/reinstall. Sometimes weird behavior is corrected/cured by resetting the preferences.

Reset Procedure:

1. Close Lightroom.

2. Hold down [Alt/Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom.

3. Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog.

4. Close Lightroom.

5. Restart Lightroom.

Does the behavior continue after resetting the preferences?

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
MartinC_Photos
Known Participant
October 25, 2020

Here is a screen recording of the problem. Whilst watching this short clip keep your eye on the padlock symbol (top right in the crop panel) shown as 'locked' throughout until I pass my mouse over it near the end.

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lGyCQ5G7bTo" style="max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%;" width="640px"></iframe>
kimballisms
Inspiring
October 25, 2020

@martin9251 unfortunately I can't reproduce this either.

It would be interesting to see a screen recording of this in action.  macOS's built-in screenshot utility can take recordings.

https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/56041-how-to-make-a-screen-recording-in-macos-mojave-and-catalina/