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Inspiring
October 23, 2017
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P: Ability to Drag and drop files from the OS to import

  • October 23, 2017
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Please add the ability to drag and drop files from the desktop to import them into Lightroom CC. Sometimes I start by looking at files in my file browser and have to go back through Lightroom to find them, which is very inconvenient.

32 replies

Jim Wilde
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 2, 2019
When you consider that the Web app and the various Mobile apps were all released several years before the Desktop app, and all on different platforms (and there are 4 different versions of the Mobile app), it's perhaps not so surprising that full feature convergence hasn't yet been achieved. There are other functions, such as album custom ordering, which still cannot be done on the LrDesktop app but can be done in all the other client apps (with LrWeb being the standout system for me). Whilst it remains an Adobe objective, they also have to balance the need for continuous new feature development against the work required to attain full convergence.

Speaking personally, I'm generally OK if the things I need to do can be done in at least one of the cloud ecosystem client apps, provided that we get to see new or improved features at each update. So far I've not been at all disappointed at the rate of progress, but like everyone else I have my own "wish-list" of things I'd like to see. 
Participant
July 1, 2019
Thank you so much, Jim! That worked like a champ! Who would have thought there was a feature available on LrWeb that was not on LrCCDesktop?
Jim Wilde
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 1, 2019
The issue is that this thread is about the cloud-centric version of Lightroom Desktop, not Classic.
Inspiring
July 1, 2019
What is the issue? I am able to drag the files from OS File Explorer on Windows 10 to the LR Classic icon on my Desktop, and files do import
Jim Wilde
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 1, 2019
While waiting for this functionality to be added to LrDesktop, why not use the LrWeb app? That does support drag and drop.
Participant
July 1, 2019
Put this on the top of the list!

Please add this ability to drag-drop files from the OS File Explorer/Finder into Lightroom CC! It is so frustrating to navigate my Windows File Explorer to find the pics I want to import and then have to do it again in Lightroom to import them! 
Known Participant
January 12, 2019
Also, add drag and drop on iOS, please. Most other, much smaller apps support it.
Inspiring
January 12, 2019
This is so annoying. Lightroom make Drag and Drop function. grrr
Inspiring
January 2, 2019
9 months later and stil basic response from a solftware developer about this issue? It's sitll isn't fixed.

Importing/dragging files to Lightroom should work. period. 
Adobe Dev is in a state of misery,

Inspiring
November 24, 2018
Using old Lightroom just because of this