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May 5, 2011
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P: Allow for keyboard shortcut customization

  • May 5, 2011
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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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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 3, 2015
    Thanks John.
    I'll have to just wait then.

    Although, not having high hopes as we are already on version 6 with a feature missing that any other software would consider a must have since version 1.
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    May 3, 2015
    You're a star, thanks for checking that John.
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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    JohnRolfeEllis
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    May 3, 2015
    I just verified that assigning "a" in LR CC 2015 works:

    "$$$/AgDevelop/Menu/View/BeforeAfter/Before/Key=a"

    It looks like "m" is hardwired to the Gradient Filter. (Adobe has been sloppy in parts of LR, sometimes not getting keyboard shortcuts from TranslatedStrings.txt.)
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 2, 2015
    Victoria, yes. English version on a FI/SW keyboard.

    John, yes, I've been doing that for other apps. But unless it's a one key solution, it's kind of useless, especially when brushing and quickly switching between the before and after. If you accidentally keep your modifier key pressed, it might do something else when you start brushing.
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    JohnRolfeEllis
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    May 2, 2015
    Note that on Mac, you can use the standard OS X facilities to change the shortcut for View > Before/After > Before Only. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. OS X requires you to enter a shortcut with a modifier, but you could choose Ctrl+Q or something else you could more easily type with one hand than Shift+Alt+7.
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    JohnRolfeEllis
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    May 2, 2015
    Many, many people have modified the TranslatedStrings.txt, either directly or via the Keyboard Tamer plugin, over the past five years. It's been quite robust for them. On Mac, it does get overwritten by updates, so best to save a copy away. (I too would prefer that LR supported keyboard customization better.)
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    May 2, 2015
    I'll run some more tests... it was working when I last checked it a few weeks ago. So to check we're on the same page, you're running on the English version on a Finnish/Swedish keyboard?
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 2, 2015
    Yes, \ is SHIFT + ALT + 7 on a Finnish / Swedish keyboard.

    I tried that, but it didn't work for the English version.
    "$$$/AgDevelop/Menu/View/BeforeAfter/Before/Key=m"

    It works just fine for Spanish, for example, but adding that file to the en.lproj doesn't do anything.

    Also, this is a nasty hack and will be overwritten by updates.
    (And if Adobe does some kind of integrity checks, it might even prevent from updating...)
    Casey Martin
    Casey Martin
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    May 2, 2015
    The other thing that drives me insane is the " \ " or whatever command works on your keyboard is only available in the development module... which is stupid... shortcut keys have different uses in different modules that is so annoying!
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    May 2, 2015
    Ah, hang on, non-US keyboard.... try this: http://www.lightroomqueen.com/article...
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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