P: Allow for keyboard shortcut customization

Does Mac version have underlined letters in menu items ?

Windows version doesn't....so I guess one has to do it with trial & error... should I make an improvment proposal or a bug report?

Hmm.. - anyway, yeah, I press Alt-p and see what's underlined, then Alt-p-e..

The help document seems pretty good, but has some holes you may need to fill in the hard way - screenshots may help.. - sorry.

Hi Rob

Thanks again for your help.

I checked the help documentation of LR, but those Alt+ shortcuts, e.g. that ALT+PEA, do not exist there... I wonder why those are hidden... Where did you find that command or did you just have a try?

BR
Risto

There is a list in Lr help (e.g. press 'F1' key), I found here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help...

Also, you can get a list of Library module shortcuts from the help menu whilst in Library module, similarly for Develop..

Hi Rob

Thanks to your answer as well (see above).

I'm using a wacom tablet, so probably I would rather assing the valid keystroke strings to various short cut triggers in the tablet which is quite easy to do

The main problem for me is to know what are those strings (your point 3), where could I find the relevant documentation? I did some google search previously but didn't find anything useful.

(E.g. concerning this particular string - do I need to hold ALT pressed when typing all 3 characters, or just when typing P...from the script it seems that the latter is the case. How about any other command strings?)

Thanks for your help!

BR
Risto

Lightroom supports keyboard accelerators for most functions on both platforms - no extra charge.

Just press Alt-p-e-o and you'll see.

To see all Alt- possibilities, just press Alt.

To see all alt-photo-menu possibilities, press Alt-p.

etc.

Lr help may also list all possibilities - dunno.

PS - most possibilities are evidenced by an underlined character but some are active even without the underlined character, in which case the active character is the first one, e.g. on Scripts menu (which is only visible if scripts are present).

Hi John!

Finally a ray of hope to windows users 🙂 I almost started considering changing the platform.

Using keyboard short cuts especially together with Wacom tablet is of great help, indeed (even though Wacon driver for windows environment seem to have quite a few bugs...) .

I did some search about programming keyboard shortcuts in windows environment but I didn't find other that some instructions for MS office applications. Where can I find e.g. that ALT-PEO? There certainly are many other short cuts I would like to implement besides that open as smart object.

Thanks for your help!

BR
Risto

Risto wrote, "As a windows user that doesn't make me feel much better... :-/"

I'm sorry, I incorrectly assumed you were on Mac. On Windows, you can use the standard Windows keyboard accelerators to access all the menu items. So to open a pic as a smart object in photoshop, you'd type ALT-P E O.

Three keys aren't quite as good as a single key, I agree. But when working on Windows on repetitive tasks, I do like the a ability to access every menu command from the keyboard instantly.

Here is an auto-hotkey script which allows Lr-in-Windows users to configure any key to do whatever they want (assuming said function is available via the keyboard) - for free.

http://www.robcole.com/LrForumSupport...

It requires editing a script text file, but most of the hard work is already done.
Here's an example "script-let" which assigns F4 to 'Open as Smart Object in Photoshop':

/*
Lightroom
F4 -> Alt-peo (Open as Smart Object in Photoshop)
*/
F4::
lr_win_id := GetLightroomWindowID()
if (lr_win_id <> 0) {
Send {Alt down}p{Alt up}eo
}
return

Instructions:
* Download 'LrAutoHotkey.zip' (from link above) and save file inside zip with the name 'AutoHotkey.ahk' in the root of your documents folder.
* Append the above "script-let" to the end of the file.
* Download and install Auto-Hotkey (e.g. from autohotkey.com).
With Lightroom running, press F4. If all went well, it should open selected photo as smart object in Ps.

To add more mappings, copy/paste and edit the scriptlet - you'll need 3 pieces of info to get the job done:
1. The keystroke sequence in Lightroom.
2. How to specify the key being assigned.
3. How to specify the keys to send when the key being assigned is pressed.

The first you can get using the Lightroom UI.
the second and third require auto-hotkey help doc.

I realize it's more work than you'd like, but it gets the job done - can also be used for mouse clicks and other things..

Cheers,
Rob

As a windows user that doesn't make me feel much better... :-/

I did some search and it seems to me that windows does't have the capability to assign keyboard short cuts within other than MS office applications.

That leaves windows users with some plugins that are either as expensive as LR itself or are not properly supported....?

To me that confirms that there is a huge need for this capability natively within LR...