P: Move [Done] Button from beneath Histogram back to Toolbar [T]

The "Done" button was right where it was. Click on it, next picture and then the "Previous" button. And now you could change small things in this picture if necessary. Now I have to click with the pen all the way up, the new "Done" button and then all the way down to press "Previous" (before that, of course, I had to go one picture further).

Every panel and view in Lightroom can edit (quick edit or develop.)  For this discussion the problem is with the button's location, in place of the crop icon, and it's name "edit."  The icon indicates the sliders below which are always available as well.  There's just no logic or benefit to it.  For me, it is just in the way of working.

A good approach to UI is to think of a similar interface and function.  If you put that function in another application, would it be intuitive, or even make sense?  I like to use a car as an example.  Lets add an edit button that in this case looks like climate control, to the dashboard or touchscreen that doesn't do anything. 😉

Skyrunr, that's interesting.

Do you think it is in some way wrong to now re-frame "general editing" as a distinct mode of working?

To put it a different way, general editing has never had a Done button - you can just switch directly into Crop if that's what you want to do next. And when in Crop, you can switch directly into Local Adjustment. So why should crop and local adjustment and the others require a Close action specifically, as distinct from switching directly to doing general editing, if that's what you want to do next?

Having worked in UI and software design in several SCRUM environments, I have to strongly disagree.  The toolbar itself can be opened and closed, and users can accept that saving/done is automatic. Action is needed so that further key strokes or mouse movements don't change your intentions (the DONE/close/eXit action.)  This is problem thoughout Lightroom.  Example:  If you're cropping 50 images, and alt-arrow past the last image the crop tool, it moves your crop and changes the icon to a measuring tool.

The icons are the tools themselves, but the "edit" icon breaks the flow of this box.  IF it was an X icon to the right of the other tools, it would be in line with other applications.

Yes I think this button's removal was intentional. User pressure might restore it - but even so, no application's interface should IMO be forced to stand still over time, We need to stand ready to give the benefit of doubt, and to adapt when needed. Very often we will feel differently about such changes once accustomed to the newer way.

If you regarded this Done button's previous provision as logical and useful - or regardless of that, if it's got firmly encoded into your habits - then removing it now may seem (for you) inexplicable - apparently needless and therefore infuriating . That's a genuine reaction that of course people have every right to experience and without being criticised!

But if OTOH you regarded its previous provision as something inconsistent and redundant - I for example, have genuinely never seen any point in having it - removing this button now may be (for you) merely a logical clean-up. Why support something being removed, when its presence hadn't affected you practically? Perhaps your idea of usability puts a higher value on pursuing clarity and economy, than it does on keeping things the same.

OT  If you haven't used the clone tool yet, the circles are gone! O----O

Now we have to relearn how to use a tool we've had no trouble with for years.

Not sure why it is posted in this thread, since the "Done" button has not returned. I assume it was not a bug, but intentional, so we have not much hope to see it returned, although I don't see the logic behind it's scrapping. 

just updated to Lightroom Classic-Version: 12.0.1 [ 202210260744-9e008017 ] and it is not fixed. Button is still missing.

At ralfs20060965,

There is a new update to LrC version 12.0.1 with fixes for macOS and a number of other bug fixes. Check the post at the top of the forum.

Just came from a job and wanted to quickly edit the photos and "nothing" works. With all the new and also good features, the old should always be retained and the option for the new or maybe vice versa, also. I see no reason why the button can not be immediately brought back via an update.

By the way, why is in mask mode still "Inverted" not selectable as default, as it was always before. This is not working anymore since a couple of versions.!?

It is no longer fun to work with Lightroom!!!

Thanks