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May 5, 2011
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P: Allow for keyboard shortcut customization

Customizable keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom would be great. I just find it so confusing that crop and brush tools and things like that have such odd keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom. I understand that changing that all now would be awful for many existing users, but being able to override them like I can in Photoshop would be helpful. Doesn't anyone else out there find they use to wrong keyboard shortcuts in the wrong program?

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Inspiring
February 3, 2017
This is not a bug actually, it's a lack of functionality in Lightroom, please help million of users to do something simple like, for instance, to reduce or expand a stack of pics with one touch.

please, help us!
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Inspiring
January 24, 2017
OK but in QWERTZ swiss french keyboard, it's no possible to use [ and ], it's key combination of alt + 5 or alt + 6, ; , it's shift + ,, ? it's shif +? this shortcuts are not acceptable in base of a day work !! Please use the system same in PS customizable shortcuts ais the solution !!!
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Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.
Diko.bg
Known Participant
January 20, 2017
Actually indeed the The Keyboard Tamer has it all made available. But limited to one modification if not paid.
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Diko.bg
Known Participant
January 20, 2017
Yep, Keyboard Tamer for LR is there. But it's definitely a donationware. If you don't "donate" you get to modify ONLY one shortcut. That by all IT software definitions is called TRIAL. Once limitations are present it is no longer a payment of free will. 😕😕 
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Known Participant
January 6, 2017
Productivity in Photoshop is so greatly improved by customisable keyboard shortcuts, Lightroom would likewise be vastly improved (and Adobe - this would be a sales feature !!).  Hurry up Adobe, please
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Participating Frequently
December 26, 2016


Dear Adobe,

I've been using Lightroom and Photoshop for years now, and paying quite a lot for this, and I have the following issues:
- In Photoshop, I cannot use many shortcuts unless I remap them manually
- Worse, in Lightroom I cannot use the shortcuts. Period. You don't even allow me to go through the hassle of remapping them.

Unless I'm mistaken, we AZERTY users don't get a discount even though you are providing us with an extremely degraded software.

This is unacceptable. It has been unacceptable for years.

DO SOMETHING
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Participating Frequently
November 23, 2016
I use a Swiss German Keyboard and I have the same problems. I am a german speaker, so my Lightroom runs German language. But Swiss German Keyboard Layout differs heavily from German layout, so not even resizing a brush can be done via keyboard - I believe this is poor, as there are millions of copys in the world, still no proper localisation is done for paying customers in smaller countries. Thanks for finally solving this!
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johnrellis
Legend
August 26, 2016
Which commands in particular are you referring to, and for which language is LR configured (French, German, Dutch, English)?  

Most (perhaps all) of the uses of [ and ] in English keyboard shortcuts have been replaced with other keys in other languages. For example, in French, to decrease or increase the size of the spot and adjustment brushes, use "," or ";".   Many of these shortcuts are not documented.

(By the way, I fully agree that it would be better if LR allowed shortcuts to be more easily customized.)
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Inspiring
August 26, 2016
I use a Belgian keyboard and none of the shortcuts with a [ or ] don't work as these require me to already press Alt Gr. Increadible that this isn't fixed yet, customization of shortcuts would be the solution for me.
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Inspiring
July 12, 2016
Horses for courses, bud.
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