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Inspiring
January 10, 2019
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Keyboard shortcut for adding to collection?

  • January 10, 2019
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I have a collection that I use for selects of my daughter. Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut for quickly adding these selects to this collection, rather than selecting them in Library and dragging them over as I'm doing now?

I used to have a smart collection that automatically added selects when I rated them 5 stars and used a certain keyword. But smart collections can't be synced to LR Mobile so I converted it into a normal collection.

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    Correct answer Rafael Aviles

    You first need to set the intended collection as the “Target Collection”, then you can use the B key to add a picture to that collection.

    To set your intended collection as the Target Collection, on the left navigation column, under Collections, right-click the name of the collection and you will see a drop-down menu. About half way down the list of options, you will see “Set as Target Collection”. Choose that.

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    Rafael Aviles
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    Brainiac
    January 10, 2019

    You first need to set the intended collection as the “Target Collection”, then you can use the B key to add a picture to that collection.

    To set your intended collection as the Target Collection, on the left navigation column, under Collections, right-click the name of the collection and you will see a drop-down menu. About half way down the list of options, you will see “Set as Target Collection”. Choose that.

    Inspiring
    January 10, 2019

    Yea! That is going to save me a lot of time!

    If I want to go back to using "b" to add to Quick Collection, how do I do that?

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2019

    [Ctrl+ALt+Shft+B]

    Or expand the Catalog panel open and Right-click on the Quick Collection to set is as the Target Collection]

    (The 'Quick Collection' is the only one Collection that does not appear in the Collections panel.)

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .