P: Multi-line keywords are possible, but break keywords csv export/import.

[uncovery]

• Lightroom Classic Version Number: 12.2.1
• Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1413
  Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22639.1000.0
  

Steps to reproduce:

1)  Open notepad, enter a text with a linebreak, copy & paste into the keywords field. This creates a keyword with a linebreak. Practical usage case: I am copy-pasting animal species names from nature kindle books to the respective animal pictures. Since the line breaks don't show as a special carachter, they are not obvious in case the copied line break matches the display linebreak in the keywords field

2) Export the keywords (CSV method)

3) Try to import the keywords into lightroom. This returns an error about invalid data.

Expected behavior:

a) Either lightroom should filter special characters or

b) properly use quotes in CSV export and respect them on import

c) Alert then special carachters are used.

[johnrellis]

I observe the same misbehavior and agree that either LR should disallow the use of newlines in keywords or properly quote such keywords in the exported CSVs (and recognize the quotes when the CSVs are imported).  The current behavior is clearly not designed by a product manager.

[Aiana Verma]

I will look into this issue for how we can handle linebreaks in keywords. Created LRD-4211946   for the same

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

updated with bug number from engineering