P: Swap Develop panels for Left-Handers

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January 10, 2014
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I'm a left-hander, and I find that using a Wacom tablet with Lightroom is incredibly cumbersome at times. This is due to the fact that all of the develop panels are on the right side of the screen, and accessing them with my pen means crossing my arm all the way across my body to the right so that the pen can access the sliders on the right panel. My idea is to add a "left-handed mode" that would simply swap the location of the left/right panels, making it easier to access the develop (and other currently-right-sided) panels when using a pen tablet.

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Just got a Surface Pro and was trying to move panels. Searched lead me here where I see that it is not possible. Please make the software work for me and not the other way around.

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Using an Apple pencil in Lightroom iPad is a NIGHTMARE for lefties. Adobe, this is a trivial fix, please add necessary accessibility options for left handed users in Lightroom for iPad!

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it occurs to me that this might also be viewed as an accessibility issue for
those with a disability.

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It‘s a disgrace that Adobe hasn't listened to this outcry a long time ago. I can only suggest to the left handers in the Adobe Lightroom CC community to ditch the app on the iPad and download Affinity Photo, unless Adobe immediately steps up to the plate. This is something that is extremely easy to fix! At Affinity they are taking ALL their customers seriously, and have implemented a simple function that switches the work space to accommodate us left handers. BTW Affinity Photo is a serious challenger not only to Lightroom but to Photoshop as well, layers and all. The iPad version actually has all the functionality of the desktop version, and you pay once (a VERY reasonable price) and it’s yours to keep forever.

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So much new in the Lightroom-world and so much talk about better workflow, but still there is no way for us lefthanded users to change side for the menu. Why Adobe?
five years have passed since this thread started and what I can see no response from Adobe about the problem, a problem that grew to me now when I invested in an iPad pro with a pen. Every time I make an adjustment, my hand covers the image I'm working with. Is this really to be updated with the launch of the new LightroomCC for work on iPads and tablets.

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Same with me: left-handed user on a Wacom Cintiq. Lightroom is painful to use. Given how many people are left-handed, it is amazing Adobe seems to be ignoring this issue. So please Adobe, get into that, all your other applications as Photoshop offer this customisation as well.

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i am Left handed and Literoom is very very important to me,,,,,i work on a Wacom Cintiq,,,,,i have to reach across my work in order to work the sliders,,,,,so i have to change from PEN to MOUSE for literoom and then back again for photoshop,,,,,,,a big drag,,,,,so Important to fix this

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PLEASE ADD LEFT HANDED SWAP ON LIGHTROOM. MANY CREATIVES ARE LEFT-HANDED. This is an easy fix. Make it so.

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In ACDSee Pro 10 does it works. Why not in Lighroom. That's realy bad 😞

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IrishJoe

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I'll add my vote that Adobe should build options into its products to better support its left-handed customers.