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January 16, 2020
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P: Backslash (view original photo) button does not work on a Hungarian keyboard.

  • January 16, 2020
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Hi,

 

I use Lightroom Classic with a Hungarian keyboard and I would like to be able to see the original state of the photos. I can do this with the Y key, but the \ key doesn't work (on my Hungarian keyboard it's the AltGr + Q key). I have read many articles and many forum posts about this error. It seems that this is a common error with national character keyboards (I have read about such a problem with e.g. German and Dutch keyboards as well). In a couple of places, I came across such a evasive solution proposal that a configuration file must be created under Lightroom and the new hotkey can be entered in one line. I tried this too (maybe wrongly), but it didn't help either. I have the latest version of everything on my machine. I use Widows 11 in Hungarian, with a Hungarian keyboard. Maybe it would be worth combining the related forum posts, or if there is a workaround that works in all languages, then make it public. Of course, it would be best if Lightroom handled keyboards correctly, regardless of language. Dear Adobe colleagues! Can anyone confirm that Adobe is addressing this issue?

 

Best regards,

 

Péter

12 replies

Andreas Resch
Inspiring
October 22, 2022

I use all my programs in English, including Lightroom Classic. My keyboard is German though. Now I have the problem, that the keyboard shortcut for "Before Only" view (\) doesn't work on my keyboard, even if I use the keyboard combination for "\" which is ALTGR+ß on the German keyboard. 

Is there a way to access that shortcut for my case?

F. McLion
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 22, 2022

Meinst Du das hier:

 

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Andreas Resch
Inspiring
October 22, 2022

Genau. Nur ich benutze das Programm auf Englisch. SHIFT+V funktioniert daher nicht. Der Shortcut im englischen Programm ist "\".

olotila
Participant
January 16, 2020

I know that the shortcut key for "before" image is \ but it's not working with Finnish qwerty keyboard where I have to press alt gr + + keys to get \.

 

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Sahil.Chawla
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
January 16, 2020

Hi there,

Are you viewing the image in Develop module? You can use this plugin to remap some keys as a workaround for Finnish Keyboard: https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/keyboardtamer.php

Let us know if it helps.
Regards,
Sahil

olotila
Participant
January 16, 2020

Yes I am! Thanks for the help!