P: SDK: Typo in documentation of photo:getDevelopSettings().orientation

[John R Ellis]

The SDK documentation of photo:getDevelopSettings() in LrPhoto has a typo:

• Orientation: (string)

should be:

• orientation: (string)

(lower-case "o").

[dieterw56693737]

The orientation parameter should return a string of the orientation. However, I always get nil.

[dieterw56693737]

The orientation parameter should return a string of the orientation. However, I always get nil.

(This topic is duplicated from discussions as I posted it there accidentally.)

[dieterw56693737]

I accidentally posted it in discussions. It is now duplicated in bugs. Should be closed here.

[dieterw56693737]

Found the problem: This is the only parameter in lowercase (orientation), but documentation states it uppercase.

getDevelopSettings()['orientation'] results in 'AB', 'BC', 'CD', 'DA'

(Note: the crop settings (CropTop, etc) always assume orientation 'AB', thus the orientation has to be taken into account for manipulating the crop settings!)

I sill consider this a bug and should be fixed... although it will break scripts then... well at least the documentation should be corrected.

[dieterw56693737]

Solution is posted there: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/getdevelopsettings-orientation-always-nil/idi-...

[John R Ellis]

I filed a bug report on the documentation typo:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/sdk-typo-in-documentation-of-photo-getdevelops...

Over the years, there have been many such typos, omissions, and other mistakes in the documentation.  I recommend you use the free Show Catalog Metadata plugin to quickly examine all the information stored for a photo available via the SDK:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkd0lx1wjraxe4l/showcatalogmetadata.1.6.zip?dl=0

While "use the source, Luke" doesn't apply to LR, we can do the next best thing and look at dumps of what LR stores for a photo.

[John R Ellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with the bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/sdk-typo-in-documentation-of-photo-getdevelops...

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Bug logged - status updated

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Greetings all,

Updates for the Adobe Photography Products have been released.  The October 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]

Confirmed this is fixed in the LR 13.0 SDK, thanks.