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RYAN32423853yq32
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May 29, 2025

P: Suggested keywords add keyword despite already existing

  • May 29, 2025
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Say your keyword heirarchy is like this:
A > B > C

D > B > E

D > B > F

 

One of the keywords that appears in the "Keyword Suggestions" box will be "E < B". This suggestion is obviously referring to E < B < D (which is D > B > E).

The expected result when clicking this suggestion is that it adds the "E < B < D" keyword to the photo. However, when you click the "E < B" suggestion, it creates a new E < B < A tag (which is A > B > E).

 

 

This issue also happens with the autocomplete in the textbox of the "Keyword Tags" box.

 

 

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3 replies

johnrellis
johnrellis
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May 30, 2025

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@Rikk Flohr: Photography, please consider moving to Bugs. Here's a precise recipe reproducing the problem:

 

1. Create a new catalog and import two photos that have no keywords in their metadata.

 

2. Select the first photo and copy/paste this line into the Keywording panel:

 

B < A, D < B < C, D < E < C

 

3. Select the second photo and observe the keyword list and suggestions:

 

 

4. Click on the suggestion D < B. That should add the existing keyword D < B < C, but instead it incorrectly adds a new keyword D < B < A:

 

 

Keyword Suggestions should only add existing keywords.

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RYAN32423853yq32Author
Participant
May 30, 2025

I may have made a mistake in wrote my message. Here's a more clear example that I can reproduce

Try adding these tags:
A>B

C>B>D

C>E>D.

 

The issue: The suggestion "D<B" (which is supposed to be the keyword D<B<C aka C>B>D) actually adds a new tag D<B<A aka A>B>D.

 

 

Before clicking D<B:

 

After clicking D<B:

 

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
May 30, 2025

Hmm, I'm not able to reproduce that. My LR shows me fully qualified keywords in the suggestions, E < B < D and E < B < A.

 

 

Adobe is unlikely to pay attention to this issue unless you can provide a precise, step-by-step recipe for reproducing the problem: Either a catalog .lrcat file you're willing to share or a recipe starting with a new, empty catalog. 

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