Tab in the metadata panel: SelectedPhotos or TargetPhoto.

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April 27, 2024
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Hello!
Tell me, please, how do I understand in the code that a certain Tab is selected in the interface in the metadata panel: SelectedPhotos or TargetPhoto? It is highlighted in a brighter white color on the panel. But in the code, that "catalog.targetPhoto", that "catalog.targetPhotos" return the same values regardless of which tab I have selected in the panel.
How do I get the value of the selected tab into a variable?
I am writing through a translator, please excuse me if it is not very clear.

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johnrellis

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The SDK doesn't provide any way to tell whether Target Photo or Selected Photos is highlighted in the Metadata panel.

The methods catalog:targetPhoto() and catalog:targetPhotos() do something completely different -- they return which photos are currently selected in Library Grid view and in the filmstrip.

ADrobkovAuthor

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Got it! Thank you very much for the reply!
I understand that they are doing something else, I just wanted my plugin to work based on which tab is selected - with one photo, even if several photos are selected, but the TargetPhoto tab.

johnrellis

Legend

Note that the Metadata panel buttons Target Photo / Selected Photos only affect entering text into fields in the Metadata panel. They don't affect adding keywords or other commands such as Metadata > Edit Capture Time or Library > Rename Photo.

In general, how LR handles multiple selected photos is a complete, confusing mess with rules so complicated that not even experts can remember them:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-consistent-behavior-when-multiple-photos-selected-in-loupe/idi-p/12360578

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