dragging and dropping keywords in hierarchy freezes LR

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Hi,I am experiencing some problems with keyword hierarchies. Frequently when I select a keyword to move it in the hierarchy, LR freezes for some seconds, then has a bunch of keywords selected and won't let me move the one I want to.Is there a limit to hierarchy depth? Is there an alternative way to rearrange hierarchies?Lightroom Classic version: 7.1 [ 1148620 ]License: Creative CloudLanguage setting: enOperating system: Windows 10 - Home Premium EditionVersion: 10.0.16299Application architecture: x64System architecture: x64Logical processor count: 6Processor speed: 3,3 GHzBuilt-in memory: 16367,0 MBReal memory available to Lightroom: 16367,0 MBThanks,Henrik

johnrellis · Accepted Answer

I checked and have 2157 keywords on my list with 1841 being on the top-level. As I cannot move keywords around any more, I cannot follow the suggestion and arrange keywords in hierarchies - bummer.

Maybe I will figure out something using SQL.

Henrik

I checked and have 2157 keywords on my list with 1841 being on the top-level. As I cannot move keywords around any more, I cannot follow the suggestion and arrange keywords in hierarchies

There are two different (inconvenient) tricks you can use for this:

1. Create a top-level keyword "A", which will appear in the keyword list at or near the top. Drag all the "a" keywords to "A". Then repeat for "B", "C", etc. (Alternatively, you could use "_a-d", "_e-h", etc. to reduce the number of top-level keywords.) Now collapse all of those top-level keywords and expand just one at a time as you start reorganizing into a "real" hierarchy.

2. You can temporarily reduce the number of keywords shown in the Keyword List panel as you reorganize. Suppose you want to move "Vermont" under the top-level "Places" keyword. Type "places vermont" in the Keyword List panel's search box:

That will restrict the keywords shown to just those containing the strings "places" or "vermont" (and any ancestor keywords containing those keywords). Since less than 1500 keywords are being displayed, you can then drag "vermont" under "places".

TSnidelyWhiplash · Answer

The 'lockup when moving keywords' problem has existed in Lightroom since the very beginning, AND it still exists even today in version 14.0.1 !!!!! I run into it all the time!

For some reason, this bug, and SO many others in Lightroom, has simply been ignored by Adobe. Adobe is good about taking your money, but terrible when it comes to fixing bugs. Why is that?

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