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October 19, 2022
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P: Move [Done] Button from beneath Histogram back to Toolbar [T]

  • October 19, 2022
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"Done" button on the "T" panel doesn't show up anymore when in crop or masking tool. I'm missing it.

146 replies

nib
Participant
October 27, 2022

Within the newest LR classic V12 the DONE Button ( e.g. for Maskierung, Repair ...) is gone (deutsch:FERTIG)

 

Please bring it back.

Participant
October 27, 2022

I have to be honest that I miss the DONE button, I know that there are other ways of exiting the mode you are in, whether it is a filter or crop, but the DONE button was very clear and always in the same place, you did not have to scroll windows to find CLOSE or use a keyboard command instead of the mouse.  I will survive without out it, but as another writer stated, the space is still there in the window so what was the benifit of the change, end of rant, some of the other improvements are very good so will accept the bad with the good. 

Participant
October 27, 2022

Upvoted this whole thread.  This change keeps stopping me in my non-thinking, muscle memory tracks and slows me down.  And then, each time when I get ticked off, my productivity suffers further!  Bring it back!  Please! 

Participating Frequently
October 26, 2022

In the crop tool, ESC exits without saving the changes, but ENTER saves the changes and exits.  That's useful.  Thanks, richardplondon.

However, in the masking tool, ESC does save the changes and exits (good), while ENTER must be pressed twice to save and then exit the masking tool, better than nothing, but consistency would be nice.  (The software seems to preserve the option to stay in the masking tool and use another or a new mask, hence the need to double tap ENTER, I guess.)  Consistency also applies to the observation that the DONE button is still present in the HSL/Color module for use with the pick tool to adjust hue, saturation or luminance.  My guess is that DONE was removed by accident where it is now missing, not by design, and I hope someone at Adobe will notice this thread and restore it.

osovitskiy
Participating Frequently
October 26, 2022

Also for some other tools, like adjusting saturation/hue by clicking on the color on the picture - the "DONE" button is still there, on the same place. So Adobe left this button for some tools and removed for some others.

What exactly has been gained by this change?

Community Expert
October 26, 2022

Jerry Gladstone: among the keyboard alternatives for [Done] are Enter/Return key, and Esc key.

GillPrince
Participating Frequently
October 25, 2022

This isn't about what the button DOES, it's about where it IS. As others have said, if you use Lightroom alot, then much of the speed you can achieve with it is through muscle memory. Take that away and it just breaks a previously efficient and semless set of actions that you didn't even have to think about. It would be more acceptable if there had been a good reason for it, but I for one can't see why it just couldn't be left as it was and all the other changes still made?

Participating Frequently
October 24, 2022

It was a very natural progression when moving through editing. Click the tool top right, go to the image, make the crop changes (generally top to bottom), move the mouse down to the done button, and be right beside the majority of the editing bars - or be right beside the image strip select the next image for editing. Now it's a tool top right, over to the image, often ending up at the bottom of the image, move the mouse back up to the close button. It's a lot more added wrist movement, and less efficient, for no efficiency or tool gained - jusy empty gray space. That's the biggest kicker - NOTHING is gained by eliminating the button. 

Participating Frequently
October 24, 2022

This, 1000% this. It makes no sense why it's gone. Nothing replaced it, the space is still there. Years of muscle memory are being thrown out of whack... this is terrible. 

Participating Frequently
October 24, 2022

The new masking tools in LR 12.0 for Windows are good, but the "Done" button in the toolbar is gone, both in masking and in the crop tool.  Bring it back!  And, is there a keyboard shortcut for it?