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KristaMarieSetera
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February 17, 2013
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Color purple shortcut for Lightroom?

  • February 17, 2013
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I can't figure out the shortcut for the color purple when organizing my pictures on Lightroom. There is a shortcut for all the other four colors. They're numbers 6-9, so did Adobe just not give purple shortcut because they ran out of numbers?

Correct answer StephenJHutchinson

At this point, I'm assuming you're on a Mac. It may be possible to rig a keystroke up using OS or keyboard app/plugin, if it would be worth doing(?)


Rob, there is indeed a way to do it on a Mac

1) Open up your Mac's System Preferences

2) Navigate to Keyboard

3) Choose the Shortcuts tab

4) Click the "+" icon to add a shortcut.

5) In the Application: dropdown box, choose Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

6) For Menu Title use the exact word: Purple

7) Choose a keyboard shortcut. For me I've chosen F9 because it isn't used in Lightroom and it's right near "9" which is used for Blue.

That's all there is to it.

Here's a screenshot of what it looks like:

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petee82128862
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May 28, 2025

This is exactly what I was looking to do - add a purple shortcut. however in Mac OS Sequoia - there is no option to add shortrcuts to adobe apps - both lightroom classic and photoshop are missing from the list of available apps in the drop down selector - accessed from System settings>Keyboard>Keyboard SHortcuts>app shortcuts -> plus button - app list drop down. I tried giving full disk access to both apps in case that was preventing it - but still unable to add shortcuts for those apps. Does anyone have an updated solution on this for OS Sequoia and these two apps? Thanks.

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petee82128862
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May 28, 2025

update: I found that you have to select "other" at the bottom of the app list - and them select the app manually. I was able to do this and then add the Purple shortcut for F9.  SOLVED!

    skyoctane74
    skyoctane74
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2020

    I know this is an old post but never too late to receive this awesome tip and to say a massive thanks to the OP 🙂 Cheers!!!

      areohbee
      areohbee
      Legend
      February 17, 2013

      Ctrl-9:

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      Rob_Cullen
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      Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 8, 2016

      Rob Cole's  Post#2-

      I have Windows-10 and cannot see  the Ctrl+9 shortcut for Purple!

      Has Rob defined it somewhere in the OS? How was it achieved?

      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 .
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      One More Screen Name
      Participant
      February 20, 2017

      Rob must have hacked things and forgot.

      Use notepad.exe to create/edit the following file - you may need to create the "en" subfolder or substitute another language if your install is not English:

      C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom\Resources\en\TranslatedStrings.txt

      Add the following line, including the quotes:

      "$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/Photo/Label/Toggle5Shortcut=Ctrl+9"

      Save As with encoding of ANSI

      Restart LR

      For other versions of LR add the version number to the Adobe Lightroom folder name.


      But Ctrl + 9 is now used by Lightroom

      Open/close right panels, Library and Develop modules, top to bottom

      Ctrl + 0 - 9

      https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/keyboard-shortcuts.html

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      Jeff Schewe
      Participating Frequently
      February 17, 2013

      KristaMarieSetera wrote:

      They're numbers 6-9, so did Adobe just not give purple shortcut because they ran out of numbers?

      Correct...

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