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January 10, 2014
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P: Swap Develop panels for Left-Handers

  • 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.

89 replies

Participant
May 14, 2017


Hello,
I am left handed and I work regularly with my Wacom tablet, to
facilitate my work I would like to be able to swap the position of the
side pannels. Thank you
alex.furer
Known Participant
February 18, 2017
I am not left handed. And it really hit me reading through this thread that the current UI is completely useless for left handed folks on tablets or Cintix... So,  I am adding my vote out of solidarity and to potentially make a bigger case to Adobe so they might consider overhauling the UI of LR so it can be customized more.
Which includes, but is no limited to:
- Dragging the panels to where we need them
- Enable panels in the the different modules as we like to
- Enable multi monitor capabilities for panels
Basically saying, put the Photoshop UI team on the task, or at least make a statement on why no official voice is heard in this thread. Is it impossible to let the user adopt the UI to their needs?
Inspiring
February 18, 2017


Can you update LR so us lefties can switch the develop panel to the left side of the screen. I use a tablet with LR and my arm covers the screen when working. Many left handlers would appreciate this function. Thank you.
Inspiring
January 30, 2017
I use a suface pro 4 and being left handed, editing photos with the stylus is useless since my hand blocks the image. Please updated Adobe! 
Inspiring
November 30, 2016
I agree 100%. I also have the same issue just because i am left-handed. It's incredible thats such a wonderful software doesn't let the possibility to the customer to change the interface. Adobe please help the lefties.
Inspiring
November 18, 2016
Please add this, this is some sort of discrimination against left handed people.
Inspiring
November 2, 2016
I also have the same issue. This is a real problem and deal breaker when using a tablet with pen.
Adobe, please fix this! 
Inspiring
October 31, 2016
I agree 100%.  As a lefty on a touchscreen computer, the Lightroom interface is not sufficient.  I have to use a keyboard when every right-handed person doesn't.  Seems silly that all of Adobe's other programs allow a customized UI and Lightroom is still making this harder for us lefties.
Participant
October 31, 2016
I hate to sound like a fanboy, but I really like the looks of the new MS all in one computer that folds down to a 20 degree angle, but that would be about worthless if I have to reach my left hand all the way over to the right side of a 28 inch screen to get to the sliders.
Inspiring
October 31, 2016
This update is long overdue.  Especially now with touch screen tablets and laptops being almost ubiquitous.  LR needs the option to swap the left and right sides for left-handed people.  This simple solution would make a world of a difference for left-handed people.