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Mark Riccioni
Participant
February 1, 2026
Question

Lightroom Classic preset preview - any way to have it on navigator panel only?

  • February 1, 2026
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Hi there, up until upgrading my Mac to Tahoe 26.2 and Lightroom Classic to 15.1.1, my navigator panel would display preset previews when i hovered over them leaving the ‘main’ image unedited.

Now i either have no preview on the navigator and main image, or - after selecting ‘Enable Hover Preview of Presets in Loupe’ - i then have the preset preview on the main image and the navigator preview which is incredibly frustrating when editing larger files. Is there any workaround this?

I’ve tried all the usual options in terms of clearing cache, resetting preferences, downgrading to previous versions etc. but nothing seems to allow me to just apply a preset preview to the navigator image alone.

-Mark

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    Bob Somrak
    Legend
    February 1, 2026

    In Lightroom Classic Preferences change the bottom setting to unchecked. 

     

    (Enable Hover ……….)

     

     

    M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 1, 2026

    That will disable hover preview completely, also on the navigator. Holding shift (with this option enabled) does the same. The option to see the preview only on the navigator image seems indeed to have disappeared.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Bob Somrak
    Legend
    February 1, 2026

    You are correct ​@JohanElzenga    Amazing how often Adobe breaks things nowadays.  Its getting ridiculous.

    M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB