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erudolph
Inspiring
August 17, 2023
Question

Clicking in Keyword field after importing gives weird behavior

  • August 17, 2023
  • 5 replies
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Steps to reproduce problem:

1. Open Lightroom Classic 12.4 and import files from camera card.

2. Select one or more of the imported files and click in Keyword window to begin adding keywords.

3. After the first letter is typed, you will find yourself no longer in the Keyword window and the single letter you typed will have been entered into the Keyword list.

4. If the second letter you try to type is a keyboard shortcut, that shortcut will run.

5. If you re-enter the Keyword window a second time, it behaves normally.

 

LrC 12.4, Mac OS 12.6.8

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    ben232323
    Participant
    August 19, 2024

    I really wish Adobe would fix this. It's their bug, it doesn't happen in any other apps, and it never used to happen in LRC - it was introduced about a year ago, and has been driving me mad ever since, because I always forget about it and end up with a single character tag and then a bunch of random stuff happening because the remaining letters were interpreted as hotkeys. I can't upgrade my iMac past Monterey. Every time a new LRC comes out I'm hoping they fix it, but they never do. PLEASE FIX IT!

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      August 19, 2024

      @ben232323 

      As the thread states, this only happens on MacOS versions PREVIOUS to Ventura.  Adobe will probably be dropping support for LrC for any OSs prior to Ventura in a couple months if history is any indicator so this will never be fixed for Monterey

      M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
      herbertn83855588
      herbertn83855588
      Participant
      January 24, 2024

      Gibt man nach dem ersten Start von LRC im Feld 'Bildunterschrift' einen Buchstaben ein wird die Eingabe gestoppt - zur weiteren Eingabe muss ich neu in das Feld einsteigen. Beim weiteren Benutzen des Programms tritt der Fehlern dann nicht mehr auf!

       

      LR Classic Version 13.1. aktuell

      Mac OS 12

       

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Genius
      January 24, 2024

      There have been a number of reports about this with Mac OS 11 and 12, but none with Mac OS 13 or 14. So I recommend updating to Mac OS 14 (or 13) if your hardware allows it.

      runswithsizzers
      runswithsizzers
      Known Participant
      September 27, 2023

      If I position my cursor in the Metadata box for Keywords, and start to type "film" - when I type the letter "f" my screen suddenly changes to what I believe may be Adobe's "Lights Out" Screen Mode. Looking at a list of Keyboard shortcuts, the letter "f" is supposed to "Cycle Screen Mode"

      The letter "f" does get entered in the Keyword box, but the text box is no longer active until I reposition the cursor back in the Keyword box.

      This happens sometimes, but not always, so I am unable to reliably reproduce it.

      Has anybody else seen this?

       

      Lightroom Classic 12.5, MacOS v.11.7.9

        kind_Hero1587
        kind_Hero1587
        Participating Frequently
        September 27, 2023

        Me to since a few months with LR classic 12.5 but, surprisingly, it disappeared when I installed a minor update for MacOS Monterey (12.7). 
        It was really a nasty bug since I had to keep in mind to stop typing , for a few seconds,  the second character of the string. 
        Best regards from France

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          Zog963
          Participant
          August 18, 2023
          I'm running Lightroom Classic 12.5 on Big Sur (11.7.9) and I am having exactly the same problem as the original poster describes on my iMac and MBP. This issue started about a month ago. Also, after the inital loss of the cursor, I have a light vertical line ( | ) appearing in the text box. Everything works normally after that.
           
            Bob Somrak
            Bob Somrak
            Legend
            August 18, 2023

            This is a known issue on Apple Monterey so it is probably and issue on Big Sur too.  It works correctly on Ventura.  As Adobe will probably be releasing Lightroom Classic 14 soon so Big Sur will no longer be supported.  This ONLY happens the FIRST time after you open LrC so the workaround is to type a single letter, reselect the field and finish typing.  Then it will work correctly.

            M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
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            Dancing legs
            Participant
            July 8, 2024

            Thank you so much Bob. This was driving me crazy and I have just spent over an hour wasting time with an Adobe virtual assistant, aso a so called agent without success! Thanks again, Barbara

            Ian Lyons
            Community Expert
            Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            August 17, 2023

            Resetting the LrC preference file is good place to start when odd behaviour such as you're experiencing is encountered. You should follow the procedure described in Method 1 of below linked Adobe Help document.

             

            https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

             

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