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Inspiring
June 27, 2011
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P: Remember last image selected in each folder

  • June 27, 2011
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In Lightroom, please "remember" the currently select images in each folder as I move back and forth. This would be such a time saver!

37 replies

Mikey44MagBiker
Known Participant
November 15, 2019
Thanks John, but the link puts me right back to my question today...
johnrellis
Legend
November 15, 2019
Mikey44MagBiker
Known Participant
November 15, 2019

My clunky workflow has a project
with 14k of my 123k images in a folder with sub-folders. 

My reference spreadsheet has tabs corresponding to the sub-folders.  My notes, hyperlinks, etc. are lines within each tab, itemized by image file name. 

So when I flip between and among LR folders, I’m always sitting on the first image.  Now I need to use the filter to isolate the image file name, cancel the filter, and proceed with my analysis with a frown and muttered bad-words.

What I want is to return to the last image selected in that folder.
Please.
Mikey44MagBiker
Known Participant
November 15, 2019

My clunky workflow has a project with 14k of my 123k images in a folder with sub-folders. 

My reference spreadsheet has tabs corresponding to the sub-folders.  My notes, hyperlinks, etc. are lines within each tab, itemized by image file name. 

So when I flip between and among LR folders, I’m always sitting on the first image.  Now I need to use the filter to isolate the image file name, cancel the filter, and proceed with my analysis with a frown and muttered bad-words.

What I want is to return to the last image selected in that folder.
Please.
Participating Frequently
November 16, 2018
So hows your experience with LR vs Aperture?
JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2017
Filter settings will be retained if you click the little lock in the right corner of the filter bar.
-- Johan W. Elzenga
Participating Frequently
September 29, 2017


When I change from folder A to folder B then back to folder A, the first image in folder A is alway selected. Similarly, filter settings should not be lost. I think it would be much better if it worked like this...In folder A, I have image 23 selected. I switch to folder B. Then I switch back to folder A and image 23 is still selected (and the filters are the way I left them in folder A instead of being cleared).
Inspiring
March 16, 2017
I use and highly recommend Any Source.  I set shortcut keys to launch it, and use it dozens of times an hour.

I have no affiliation with the author.  I'm an Aperture specialist moving several large databases to Lightroom.
Inspiring
February 14, 2017
I can't believe that this timesaver feature is still not implemented!
johnrellis
Legend
January 30, 2017
Unfortunately, we recently learned that Rob passed away suddenly two years ago, and his plugins became unavailable soon after: http://regex.info/blog/2017-01-18/2765

You might check out my Any Source plugin.  It provides "back" and "forward" commands that keep a history of previous sources, selections, and filter settings, so you can easily switch back and forth between them.