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kelving67685818
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May 30, 2024
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Dragging keywords to form hierarchies not possible in the latter part of the keyword list

  • May 30, 2024
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Lightroom classic up-to-date build as of 30th of May 2024. 

Scenario: arranging keywords into keyword hierarchies by dragging a keyword name in the keyword list on top of another. The drag operation is possible for keywords at the top of the list, but when going down the list for about 200 keywords, it becomes impossible to drag those latter keywords.

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johnrellis
johnrellis
Genius
May 31, 2024

Also, please confirm the number of keywords you have: Do the menu command Metadata > Export Keywords, open the exported file in Notepad, and look at the number of lines in the lower-left corner.

johnrellis
johnrellis
Genius
May 30, 2024

Windows LR has always been limited to displaying about 1500 - 3000 lines of text in the Keyword List panel and other panels (Collections, Folders, etc.). When you have too many keywords, LR behaves erratically. 

 

The workaround is to introduce hierarchy in your keyword list and keep most of the list collapsed, so that fewer lines are displayed in the Keyword List panel at any one time.

 

See here for a tip on making drag-and-drop of keywords easier:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-windows-panel-is-limited-to-1600-items-folders-keywords-etc/idc-p/12302501#M49628

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