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March 25, 2018

P: Alt-drag on Windows doesn't expand Library panels like Opt-drag on Mac

  • March 25, 2018
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On Mac, holding Opt while dragging a panel divider lets you expand the panel as wide as you want.  But Alt-drag doesn't work on Windows 10 / LR 7.  (I recall that this used to work in Windows, but that could be a false memory.)

Expanding the panels extra wide can be very helpful to see deep hierarchies and long names with folders, collections, and keywords.

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    John The Diver
    Participant
    March 21, 2023

    Thanks - you are a star!

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    March 21, 2023

    Matching to existing bug. 

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    John The Diver
    Participant
    March 20, 2023

    I am in the process of migrating my libraray from Elements Organiser to LrC. In Elements Organiser, the Tag Window can be expanded widthwise to allow reading of nested Tags.

    LrC have a range for the keywords panel of 293 to 400. I really need this to be greater than 400.

     

    I tag my data in the taxonomic tree which you can see in the attached file. In LrC I cannot read the nested tags. Some of the nests can be upo to 16 levels.

     

    Having googled this issue, I do not appear to be the only person that requires this panel to be wider.

    J
    John The Diver
    Participant
    March 20, 2023

    I have just found the following:
    Tip: If you have a Mac you can hold down the Alt key while clicking and dragging to make the panels even wider, so it would appear that this is a Windows limitation (Cant confirm as I dont have a MAC)

    Califdan2
    Califdan2
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2020
    John,

    Thank you.  The quotes did the trick.  You are scholar and a gentleman and greatly appreciated.

    Dan
    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    July 13, 2020
    The line has to include the quotes:
    "$$$/locale_metric/Win/Panel/maxWidth=800"
    and the full filename is as described in the lightroomqueen.com article. (I sloppily use "TranslatedStrings.txt", the former file name, to refer to the generic mechanism.)

    In general, when I'm poking around Translated Strings, I look at TranslatedStrings_Lr_de_DE.txt (German), since German words are close to English words. I find the relevant lines there and copy them to TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt.
    Califdan2
    Califdan2
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2020
    Hi John.  Thanks for the work around.  I'm on Windows/10 using LR/Classic 9.2.1 but can't seem to get this to work. 

    I followed Victoria's blog and discovered that I did not have an "en" folder.  I had plenty of other languages, but not 'en' so I created one.  I then created the text file.  In Victoria's blog she showed the file as "TranslatedStrings_Lr_en_US.txt" but in your post you called it "TranslatedStrings.txt".   So, first I tried it with Victoria's file name but when that didn't work, used your file name, which also didn't work.  


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    The only line of text in my newly created txt file is this
    $$$/locale_metric/Win/Panel/maxWidth=800  (later changed to 1600 just to make sure)



    Did I miss something in the instructions or is this workaround no longer valid?

    Thanks -- Dan
     
    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    July 11, 2020
    While waiting for Adobe to fix this (likely a very long time), you can double the maximum width of the side panels by adding this line to TranslatedStrings.txt:

    "$$$/locale_metric/Win/Panel/maxWidth=800"

    Change 800 to whatever you want. See here for how to edit TranslatedStrings.txt:
    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/custom-keyboard-shortcuts/
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    1940pete
    Participating Frequently
    July 23, 2018

    how do I get the full description of my folders in the folders panel?

    I would send a screen shot but not sure how to.

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 23, 2018

    Maybe you could start by telling us which version of Lightroom Classic you use (don't say 'latest', people often think that they have the latest version and then find this is not the case) and which OS (Mac or Windows? Version?). And then perhaps you can tell us what it is you are (not) seeing.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    1940pete
    Participating Frequently
    July 23, 2018

    Your are correct, I should have given more info. I have Lightroom Classic CC 1205-12.

    Here is a s screen shot.

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 31, 2018
    I am curious!  Using Lightroom-Classic 7.2 (1156743)  on two computers.

    My new desktop with updated Windows-10 Home (10.0.16299) Nvidia GTX1050: does NOT allow the expansion of the left panels while holding the [Alt] key.

    My Dell XPS13 laptop with updated Windows-10 (10.0.16299) Intel Graphics 540:  DOES allow the 'very wide' expansion of the left panels while holding the [Alt] key.

    I cannot explain the difference.
    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
    Community Expert
    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 29, 2018
    LOL I don't even remember writing that!
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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