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MartinC_Photos
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December 20, 2023
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Custom Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

  • December 20, 2023
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I set up a custom keyboard shortcut which shows correctly within the LR Classic menu (see screenshot) and works correctly if you mouse click to the item on the menu, but doesn't work as a keyboard shortcut. It behaves as if the ctrl key isn't working (which it clearly is because I used it to define the keyboard shortcut).  

If it isn't obvious from the screenshots, I set ctrl+9 to set the colour label to Purple and ctrl+0 to set the color label to none. 

A bug? Or am I doing something wrong?

Lightroom Classic 13.1

Mac Monterey 12.7.2

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    December 20, 2023

    Instead of "Photo->Set Color Label->Purple" in App Shortcuts, use "Purple".  The hierarchical naming of menu commands was introduced into System Settings a couple years ago, I think, and LR isn't compatible with it.

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    MartinC_PhotosAuthor
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    December 20, 2023

    I tried that the first time and I had the same result.

    Also, "Purple" applies to more than one shortcut: Photo>Set color label; and Library>Filter by colour label. So its not to clear (to Lightroom) which one the shortcut relates to.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    December 20, 2023

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    "Also, "Purple" applies to more than one shortcut: Photo>Set color label; and Library>Filter by colour label."

     

    Right, without the hierarchical menu path, the shortcut appears in the menu under both Set Rating > None and Set Color Label None.  And typing the shortcut invokes the first one, Set Rating > None.

     

    I tested hierarchical menus with shortcuts thoroughly last year, and I dug up the post:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/custom-menu-shortcuts-have-dropped-off/m-p/13438314#M304030

     

    I observed then that hierarchical menus worked with some menus (including Library > Photo) but not others.  So just now, I tried assigning Ctrl 9 to Photo > Set Color Label > Purple:

     

     

    They work in my LR 13.1 / Mac OS 14.1, hmm. I see you're on Mac OS 12, that could possibly be an important difference.

     

    I suggest some magic incantations:

     

    - Delete the shortcuts from System Settings.

    - Restart your computer.

    - Re-enter the shortcuts hierarchically, being very careful not to have leading or trailing spaces (System Settings won't remove them).

     

     

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