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pio666
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May 1, 2026
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Clicked photo is not displayed in Develop mode

  • May 1, 2026
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I have a problem that currently clicked photo sometimes is not being shown in Preview in Develop mode. This is especially annoying when having a series of photos (burst) and you want to find the best one by clicking on the bottom miniatures - you don’t know if the preview was really refreshed or not.

On the screenshot below I was able to catch that glitch on very a different photos so you can see the problem - the selected miniature is the one with blue sky, but LR still displays the other photo. 

It seems that LR registered the “click” properly as it selected the “blue” image on miniatures panel, but somehow lost the event to repaint/refresh the main preview window. To preview “blue” image I would need to click on another photo, and again the “blue” one. 

I’ve seen that since a couple of versions of Lightroom Classic.

OS: macOS (26.3.1), MacBook Pro 14” 2023

LR: 13.3, Camera Raw: 18.3

 

Incorrect image is displayed

 

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      dj_paige
      dj_paige
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      May 1, 2026

      A possible cause is a corrupted preview cache. For these photos, in the Library Module try the menu command Library->Previews->Build Standard Sized Previews

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      pio666Author
      Participating Frequently
      May 1, 2026

      I will try, even though I think this more Lightroom error/bug that it sometimes losses an event to reload/repaint the  image.

      FYI - these images were uploaded 10 minutes earlier (it is not old library folder imported ages ago). Additionally, cache rebuild was done 3 months earlier (it is not like 3 year old with lots of LR versions in the meantime).

      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      May 1, 2026

      Definitely give it a try. If it doesn’t help, please explain “ I think this more Lightroom error/bug that it sometimes losses an event to reload/repaint the  image.“ in more detail.

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