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johnrellis
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December 16, 2016

P: TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt not read on Mac

  • December 16, 2016
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With the release of CC 2015.8 / 6.8, it's no longer possible to modify TranslatedStrings.txt for English users on Mac. LR ignores the file:

/Applications/Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt

Whereas on Windows, LR does read:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom\Resources\en\TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt

I confirmed this using "dtruss" on Mac and Process Monitor on Windows.

This affects a large number of users who had relied on editing TranslatedStrings.txt:

- To provide keyboard shortcuts for commands that don't have them and that don't appear in the menus (e.g. Toggle5Shortcut for assigning the purple label).

- To change keyboard shortcuts for commands that don't appear in the menus, e.g. BrushDecreaseKey. Some users report using keyboards for other languages (e.g. German) that they use with LR running in English, and the English shortcuts don't always map well to non-English keyboards.

- The Keyboard Tamer plugin relies on editing the English TranslatedStrings file.

Given that LR has long lacked a user interface for customizing keyboard shortcuts (one of the most popular feature requests), the ability to edit TranslatedStrings has provided a relief valve for user frustration.  Taking away that ability on Mac will just increase their frustration. (On Mac, System Preferences can set shortcuts for menu commands, but not for commands that don't appear in menus.)

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25 replies

Known Participant
January 9, 2017
Thanks Victoria Bampton, we're keeping our fingers crossed.
Inspiring
December 29, 2016
I did some further testing this morning and actually, the command "$$$/Application/Menu/File/Exit/Key=..." worked again as expected in TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt after I temporarily switched to another language.

Very strange.
--Patrick
Inspiring
December 28, 2016
Hi,

There are more bugs related to this change. Some commands that were previously recognized are now ignored. For example “$$$/Application/Menu/File/Exit/Key=..." is now ignored. Ctrl+Q seems to be now hard coded. I have other similar examples  :

"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/Photo/RotateLeft/Key=...
"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/Photo/RotateRight/Key=...
"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/File/Edit/InvertSelection/Key=...

just to name a few. These commands inserted in TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt are ignored.
--Patrick
johnrellis
Legend
December 16, 2016
Thanks.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 16, 2016
I've already bugged this internally as LRD-4194239 too.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen