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Inspiring
October 18, 2017
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P: Keyboard Shortcut customization

  • October 18, 2017
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Enjoying the new CC for the most part, but one of the concerns I've got so far is that some of my most-used keyboard shortcuts have been changed.

For instance, I used to quickly cruise through new imports and use the Pick flag shortcut to find my selects. This used to be a very intuitive key—P—but in LR CC it's now...Z. And there's no way that I've found to change it back.

Could we please have configurable keyboard shortcuts? Or at least some sort of legacy mode so our muscle memory is still effective in the new environment?

32 replies

Rick Spaulding -
Legend
November 1, 2017
Lol!... or that.  No worries, we all have to start somewhere! 
Inspiring
November 1, 2017
Thanks!  Sorry - I am a newbi!
AndyBarnes
Known Participant
November 1, 2017
You just need to click the star icon in the bottom right 🙂
Rick Spaulding -
Legend
October 31, 2017
Create a new post of your question to make it easier to track your problem. In the mean time I would try deleting and re-installing the app.

Cheers!
Inspiring
October 31, 2017
Swiping up or down in LR mobile on iPad doesn't make anything happen for me. My app is updated. Is there any settings that has to be changed for this?
Participating Frequently
October 30, 2017


I would appreciate if Lightroom CC had the same shortcuts as Classic. Things like classics "d" and "e" keys have been swapped. The new shortcuts might make sense but makes the Lightroom experience inconsistent among apps. 
AndyBarnes
Known Participant
October 26, 2017
This is the sort of thing that really sells the cloud package. I can upload a shoot. Sit down later with my feet up and go through quickly picking and rejecting!
Rick Spaulding -
Legend
October 26, 2017
Although it's not obvious there are keyboard shortcuts for Copy and Paste Settings. The standard Cmd-C (Ctrl-C) to copy and Cmd-V (Ctrl-V) to paste work just fine but they only work on one image at a time.

Hope that helps.
Participant
October 26, 2017
Yes please. The Copy Settings and Paste Settings for Photos do not have keyboard shortcuts. The whole point of copying and pasting changes on one pictures onto others (white balance for example) is speed! +10
Inspiring
October 19, 2017
+1 for customizable keyboard shortcuts in BOTH Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC!

At the bare minimum, keyboard shortcuts between the two should match.  'R' is crop and has been for years.  Sorry, Lightroom CC, you don't get to force it to be 'C'.

More importantly, we really need to be able to assign our own keyboard shortcuts to each and every field and function in the interface.  Please don't say there aren't enough letters. Gmail has compound shortcuts like 'GI', which translates as 'GO to the INBOX.' 

In Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, I should be able to assign 'DE' which goes to the Develop module and activates the exposure tool, which I should be able adjust with the + and - keys.

Then, I should be able to use 'GT' to activate the Grid module and jump to the Title field and assign the title. From there, a tab or 'GD' should take me to the Grid's description field.

The rule of thumb on keyboard shortcuts is that they should be available for EVERYTHING that can possibly be done with a keyboard, which is just about everything except actual application of the Adjustment Brush (which DOES have shortcut: 'K'). 

So, nearly all Lightroom functions can and should be able to have a keyboard shortcut. This is really simple to implement and a HUGE time save for pro users. Please make it so!