Item number are missing in the Elements 18 Organizer

Question

I’m using the Organizer in Elements 18 and I am going through all of my 9000+ photos, sequentially, in order of oldest to newest. They are displayed in a thumbnail grid, in All Media view. Last night I stopped at item number 451. The organizer identified this number on the screen, I think in the bottom-left corner, but when I just went to resume at item number 452, I could not find an item number listed anywhere. When I select an item, it says "1 item selected | Jan 1980 - Feb 2026" (if nothing is selected, it shows "9290 items | Jan 1980 - Feb 2026". I can’t figure out what I might have done that caused the Organizer not to display the item number (it was probably something dumb). I tried a Web search and could not find an answer. Then I asked ChatGPT for help, and it had several suggestions (maybe I was using a filter? I wasn’t clicking on the thumbnail? I’m not sorting from oldest to newest, etc.), but none of them resolved the issue. Anyone here know what might be causing the behavior I’m seeing, and how I can once again see the item number?

Greg_S. · Answer

I believe you are mistaken. I’m not sure whether you are using Elements 2018 or Elements 18 which is actually Elements 2020. In either event, the All Media thumbnail grid does not number the items being displayed. I believe the only way you see a number identified is if you are in single image view (double-click on an image in the grid). Then, the x of total number is displayed at the top of the image.

Alternatively, you must display an Album and have the sort order display the Album Order. Then, the number appears in the top left of the thumbnail. (Under some circumstances, the number disappears because of a bug in earlier versions.)

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