P: Problem when viewing images and video full screen (F key related)

[bob Orsillo]

Lightroom 6. (Standalone) W8.1 Pro. Hp, intel i7 3.3 16g mem.

1. Pressing F locks lightroom in full screen. Only way is out is using task manager to close lightroom. Tested on two different computers, same results.

2: Playing video in full screen mode, locks up lightroom, video does not scale correctly. Test on two computers same results.

[Johan_Kok]

I have the same problem of the full screen mode locking up after upgrading to lightroom cc 2015. Its incredibly frustrating. I have to use task manager to get out. I have a dell xps 14z with windows 7 home. Intel core i7.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

It's the same on the Mac - I'm running quite an old machine (iMac from 2008), but it's up to using Lightroom. Every now and then I'm able to get out by pressing a key (sometimes even pressing 'F' again works), but most of the time have to force quit Lightroom.

[JohnRolfeEllis]

One thing to try: Alt-Tab (Windows) or Cmd-Tab (Mac) to switch out of LR. That sometimes pokes recalcitrant programs.

I suspect this problem is specific to a subset of particular configurations, which means it will be harder for Adobe to reproduce and fix. Can you post a full-resolution screenshot of the LR window immediately before hitting F and LR getting stuck? That might provide clues about how to reproduce.

[Johan_Kok]

Ok so mine is fixed now. After installing LR CC 2015 i continually had this problem. Then I tried to edit something in photoshop and was prompted to update ACR. After doing that problem was gone. Hope that helps.

[astrosven]

I have the same issue on my iMac, latest OSX and LR 6.

[JohnRolfeEllis]

Can you reliably reproduce this? If so, can you post a full-resolution screenshot of the screen just before you type "F"? That might help others reproduce the problem, which in turn will make it more likely Adobe will address the problem.

[antoineh32158798]

I have the same problem and when it happens nothing works, I have to close Lightroom and start again, very frustrating indeed. I did not have this problem with Lightroom 5.

I am trying now a solution for Lightroom 5 which I found on the internet this morning, and here it is: after quitting LR press Shift + F after re-opening LR. I tested it and it seems to work so far, what I don't know is if I have to press press Shift + F every time I start LR?????

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Same problem on Macbook Pro 2013 model, Lightroom CC. Reliably can recreate the problem.

[johnrellis]

There's a long thread about a similar problem in LR 5. Not clear that it's the same problem, but you might try some of the proposed solutions discussed there:

http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

[JP Hess]

I'm using Lightroom CC on a Windows 7 computer with 8 GB RAM. When I first installed CC I found that full-screen would not revert back to normal display in the Develop module. But I found that there were no problems reverting if I used full-screen in the library module. However, as time has passed, I'm finding that I can revert from full-screen most of the time now even in the develop module. I don't have a GPU, just integrated graphics. The full-screen feature in develop model is the only feature that has seemed sluggish at all for me.

[cfransw]

I never saw it mentioned here, but I (under Windows) always use Esc to get out of Fullscreen.

[Blackshapes]

I can confirm that I have this issue also. It is reliably reproducible when in the develop module, and the spot heal/clone tool is selected. None of the other tools in the row trigger this problem.
I have tested it on two computers. This is a serious bug that needs to be addressed, it's messing with my workflow!

(One can get around it by unselecting the tool before going full screen, but that's a pain if you have a lot of spot removal to do and want to check your progress as you go, like when you are processing a suite of shots of a puppy playing outside, like I am now.)

[Blackshapes]

Develop module, select heal/clone tool, press "F", it locks.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I can confirm that I have this issue also. It is reliably reproducible when in the develop module, and the spot heal/clone tool is selected. Now that I understand that it's when I use the spot tool it happens. It just happened again...

[Blackshapes]

This is not the same problem. This problem did not occur in Lightroom 5. See my post below on how to reproduce this.

[chuckles32]

Just installed Lightroom CC (2015) and problem persists. MacBook Pro 15 Retina with all updates installed. Select Spot Removal, Adjustment Brush on just about any adjustment, press F (or Shift-F) and you can not exit out of full screen. I've tried every solution documented without success.

[chuckles32]

Just tried that without success...

[Benjamin Warde]

Hi All,

I am able to reproduce the full screen problem when the Spot Heal tool is selected. I've reported the issue to the engineers.

Thanks,
Ben

[johnrellis]

Thanks!

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Any Idea Ben when this will be fixed. This is very annoying. I try to make sure that the spot heal tool is not in use when going into full screen but forget sometimes and have to restart Lightroom.

[chuckles32]

I wouldn't hold your breath, Ken. It's been going on for months if not years...

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This is going to drive me mad. I start to import images and then start working on a picture go into full screen mode and it won't come out of it. I have to wait to do anything until pictures imported and the force quite program. Stop the insanity.........

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Well thats great Ben ..When will it be fixed? This is something that must be driving people mad...

[Blackshapes]

Second that from Ken, let's have this fixed asap

[TILL5802!]

This problem really sucks for a new comer who is just trying to learn.