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richards95750395
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September 17, 2017
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Can't Drag Keywords in Lightroom Keyword List

  • September 17, 2017
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I'm trying to re-organize and finding two problems in Lightroom:

  1. I can't drag and drop keywords in the keyword list so I can't add hierarchies or move words that are in the wrong hierarchy.
  2. Even though I have instructed LR not to export a few organizational keywords, it still does so. I have even changed them to people keywords and instructed the export dialog not to export people keywords. They still show up after export.

Thanks for any responses. I'm using Windows 10 and the latest version of LR CC.

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    Correct answer johnrellis

    I have even changed them to people keywords and instructed the export dialog not to export people keywords. They still show up after export.

    That's a known bug -- LR will always export keywords with the Person attribute, even if you have Remove Person Info checked, unless the keyword is associated with a face rectangle added by face recognition.  See Lightroom: Keywords with Person attribute exported even if Remove Person Info is selected | Photoshop Family Customer Co…

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    mastix
    Inspiring
    February 16, 2022

    I am having the same problem. Unable to drag and drop keywords in the keywords list so I cannot change hierarchies. Did you find a solution to the problem ?

      Paulou12
      Paulou12
      Known Participant
      February 25, 2023

      I'm also having this issue, anyone found a solution ???

       

      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      February 25, 2023

      No problem here. Please provide a lot more details, exactly what are you doing, tell us step-by-step. Also please provide the following basic information:

       

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      September 18, 2017

      Even though I have instructed LR not to export a few organizational keywords, it still does so.

      Exactly what steps are you taking to do that?  And how are you verifying that the keywords are present in the exported file?

      johnrellis
      johnrellisCorrect answer
      Legend
      September 18, 2017

      I have even changed them to people keywords and instructed the export dialog not to export people keywords. They still show up after export.

      That's a known bug -- LR will always export keywords with the Person attribute, even if you have Remove Person Info checked, unless the keyword is associated with a face rectangle added by face recognition.  See Lightroom: Keywords with Person attribute exported even if Remove Person Info is selected | Photoshop Family Customer Co…

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      September 18, 2017
      1. I can't drag and drop keywords in the keyword list so I can't add hierarchies or move words that are in the wrong hierarchy.

      Do you have more than about 1500 keywords?  LR Windows starts choking when you have more than that, and Adobe has decided not to fix it.

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