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fiendishmedia
Participating Frequently
August 17, 2015
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P: Lightroom Classic: Panel Scroll Bar / Close annoyance

  • August 17, 2015
  • 94 replies
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The panel scroll bar and close panel bar arrow section are annoyingly close together. On a 4K monitor (and possibly lower resolutions) the panel scroll bar is so thin that it's easy to press the close button instead. This is frustrating when trying to select the appropriate tool and you just keep closing/unclosing the panels. Is it possible to either increase the size of the scroll bar, be able to lock the panel in place or a mix of the two. Cheers,

94 replies

Inspiring
July 16, 2020
Please change this behavior, makes me hate Lightroom everyday!!!
Participant
June 7, 2020
I received an email notification saying that a post I made here two-years ago was liked by someone, so I logged in to be reminded what I posted. Turns out this was the reason I started considering cancelling my CC subscription. I've been using Raw Therapee for a couple of years and it's worked fine for my purposes. However, I would consider going back to CC if they'd fix this scroll bar issue, especially if they'd allow a non-subscription means to purchase the software.
SZ Friedman
Inspiring
June 6, 2020
I use Wacom tablet, and it will not adversely affect performance. In fact if you are real fast, I tend to get "close" sometimes, and then the whole panel will disappear.
SZ Friedman
Inspiring
June 6, 2020
It looks like there have been 23 discussions on this topic over the years. Again, fixing this is not brain science. It seems to be a simple human interface improvement that would improve operability of LR.
Participating Frequently
June 6, 2020
Thanks for taking the time to respond. It is an incredibly annoying problem though, and the amount of work it would surely take - one checkbox in a menu somewhere and a few lines of code - can't be that onerous when you look at some of the huge features you put in?
Participating Frequently
June 6, 2020
Good idea, except for those of us who use a pen and a tablet to try to speed up workflow in the first place.
Just Shoot Me
Legend
June 6, 2020
Not for me and never has been since version 1 back in 2007.
Inspiring
June 6, 2020
Ok then here's another vote to add a "lock" function or at least move the hide arrow - it is insanely annoying!

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 20, 2020
"Do they read these at all?" 

Yes - every post is read and evaluated by Adobe staff.  25 Votes in 5 years is fairly low volume as feature requests go putting this request at #91 on the active list. 

Keep in mind too,  that this forum is not the sole arbiter of new features under consideration for Lightroom Classic. Many factors come into play from many sources as to what features are considered for inclusion. 
Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
SZ Friedman
Inspiring
May 19, 2020
This topic gets hit from time to time. Lots of comments about the same problem. But, Adobe never responds. Do they read these at all? I often wonder. There several suggestions for a simple fix, but nothing is ever done. While there have been lots of great feature upgrades, this is a general usability issue, and apparently it's not important to Adobe.