P: Ability to move/reorder panels in Lightroom in the order I use most

If Adobe is concerned with the logic flow or newbies getting confused, just add a reset button/menu option to reorder the panels if desired.

Also, I know this is not completely on topic, but it's related. One of my biggest frustrations is I frequently inadvertently click the little arrow on the right that hides the panel, when I'm just trying to scroll. The problem is that little arrow is actually a button the full height of the panel and it is too easy to click. Very bad design IMO and I'm curious if others have the same problem?

If the button was just the size of the arrow the problem would be fixed. A better idea is replace it with a little pin icon at the top like I see in so many other programs.

Little things are sometimes bigger than they appear.
Thanks for letting me vent.  

Hello. What about being able to change the order of the tool boxes from the development tab ? I use the most often basic settings and the lens correction box, that are far way from each other. Thank you !

I'd love to have the ability to change/customize the order of develop panels in Lightroom to match an individual workflow, like having first my lens corrections panel then the basic and so on. The suggested workflow is cool, but sometimes doesn't match my style of working, and it's cool that we already have the ability to hide some panels that seldom get used but, this feature surely could enhance my speed in post production.

Whilst it is great that the R & L panels are viewable/hideable and you can choose which objects to show, I would like to propose a change of thinking.
If the current objects like: 'keyword list', 'keywording', 'folders' and 'navigation' were written as 'modules', both the L & R panels could be viewed as blank canvass which you could drag & drop those modules on either side, in any order. Why? you ask. Because we don't all have the ideal large screens and so screen space can sometimes be a premium and also with considerable thought, wordlists can become lengthy and being able to 'drag' the keyword list over to the left and being able to clearly view both would be highly beneficial.

What currently bothers me the most is that in the develop module the Presets are across the screen from the actual develop settings. I'm wearing a hole in my desk swiping my mouse left and right as the workflow I follow is:

1 - Move the mouse to the left of the screen and pick the presets that get me close to what I want
2 - Move the mouse to the right of the screen to tweak what the presets have done
3 - Next image via keyboard, start back at step 1

That's a lot of moving back and forth, and on a larger monitor in fullscreen it gets old fast. It seems logical to me to have the presets and the actual develop settings the presets are modifying close to each other. I don't care where or how, just that they're close. I suppose if I used the snapshots and history more, the same would go for them. If all of these modify the develop settings, why are they so far away from the develop settings?

I'm left-handed and feel as if I'm always working in Lightroom with my hands crossed. I would like the ability to switch the left and right module panels. Making adjustments in the development module with my left hand on the left side of the screen would be much less awkward. Right now, the software appears to be designed by and for a right-handed person.

Big thumbs up to this request. Before I found this post, I had my own related request here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

To save you clicking the link, the point is this:

When in Library mode, if the 'Collections' menu on the left is closed (not currently displaying the collections), one cannot drag an image or images to the 'Collections' menu and hover to trigger the menu to open & show the collections and drop in these images. This is standard behaviour with such menus. Currently, we have to drop the image(s), go over to the 'Collections' menu , open it, then go back to the image(s) and place in the desired collection. What a bore. Would be grateful if you could fix this! Stephen

As Rob said

But, I sure would love to be able to relocate the panels on a secondary monitor so I could work on the images full-screen.

or third screen. LR is about workflow productivity, allowing workspace customization will pay big dividends for many of us.

Personally, I dont care what order stuff is in: I learn where it is and use it there.

But, I sure would love to be able to relocate the panels on a secondary monitor so I could work on the images full-screen.

One thing to note: In Solo Mode, you can shift-click a section name to open a section without closing any others (Lee Jay taught me that).

I would take this a step further; a fully customizable interface like Premiere Pro is the way to go, IMO.