P: Searching for ancestor keywords in Keyword List panel shows incorrect results

[John R Ellis]

Searching for ancestor keywords in the Keyword List panel shows incorrect results for descendant keywords.  The behavior broke somewhere between LR 10.4 and 12.2.1.

To reproduce on LR 12.2.1:

1. Assign the hierarchical keyword 1 > 2 > 3 to a photo.

2. In the Keyword List's Filter Keywords box, enter "1".

3. In LR 10.4, observe that all the keywords contained by keyword 1 are displayed, that a right arrow appears when you hover over 1, and the correct count is shown next to 3:

4. But in LR 12.2.1 observe that:

a) keyword 3 is not shown,

b) no right arrow appears when you hover over keyword 1,

c) an incorrect count of 0 is shown for keyword 2 (the panel normally never shows counts for ancestor keywords, only for directly assigned keywords), and

d) the triangle to the left of keyword 2 points down to indicate there are descendants displayed, but the descendants aren't shown:

See here for the original report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/lrc-keyword-panel-list-not-showing-hier... 

[wcstarks]

Most of my keywords are orginized in hierarchies. This includes individuals in families, places, dates (by decades and years), etc. For a long time, when I search for a higher level in the hierarchy in the Keyword panel list, all images with that and the lower levels will show up. In the Filter bar, I have Keyword hierarchies selected. The filter bar is normally closed. In the past, that is how I was able to set hierarchy or flat for browsing or searching in the Keyword panel list. But now when I select a higher level keyword, when Keyword Hierarchies is selected, only that keyword is retrieved, showing it superior keywords. None of its subordinate keywords show up. Yes, I have double checked the Hierarchy status in the filter bar. Why is LRC not showing all subordinates keywords anymore? What has changed? I this a bug?

LrC release: 11.3.1

[DClark064]

I am using ver 12.2.1 on Windows 10.  Hierachical keywords work as they should.

[John R Ellis]

Something changed between LR 10.4 and 11.3.1 -- I filed a bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/searching-for-ancestor-keywords-in-keyword-lis...

[wcstarks]

Well, I updated to version 12, but it still is not showing subordinates when I find a higher-level locality. If I browse through the list without querying, the hierarchies all show properly, but not when I do a query. It must still be a bug.

[John R Ellis]

Right, see my bug report.

[DClark064]

For some reason I am not seeing that behavior.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Thanks for the report, I've merged the previous thread and cross-referenced to the new bug report. 

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Greetings all,

Updates for Adobe Photography products have been released.  The June 2023 updates contain a fix for this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for your patience.

[John R Ellis]

I verified that the bug recipe now produces correct results (the same as in LR 10.4).