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monia13
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November 12, 2010
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How to Click and Drag photos to an existing collection

  • November 12, 2010
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I'm having such a hard time adding several photos at once to an existing collection. Not sure what I'm doing wrong as I am following the insturctions. First I select all the photos by clicking shift and the 1st photo, then I select the last photo. All photos I want to add are highlighted. But I can't drag all the photos at once. When I try to drag, the 1st photo is only selected. What is are the correct click, drag and drop key strokes to get it right?  Dragging and dropping one photo at the time is just not feasible.

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    Correct answer helen_gossweiler

    Monia,

    I think what you're being caught with is that you have to drag and drop the image from the center of the thumbnail, and not from the gray border.

    Beat Gossweiler

    Switzerland

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    sklarer
    Participant
    February 5, 2023

    Here it is, 2013, and the problem may have gotten worse. (Just speaking from my limited experiece.) Now, thanks to b_gossweiler's answer I now know to drag from the photo, not the gray border. Cool. Problem now is that when I try to drop it on the collection IT DOESN'T GO!!!!! It's taken my two days to find this answer and in the meantime Adobe has "fixed" things so that it doesn't work. I'll acknowledge that the problem may ba a "flaky chip in the operator" but I suspect the problem is that Adobe is less than perfect when it come to the human interface part of their products. 

     

     

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2023

    "Here it is, 2013,"  Is this an old reply? to an 'old' thread?

    Anyway- Two things must apply:

    1) Drag photo/s from the thumbnail image (NOT the grey border)

    2) Look for the multipage icon that appears on the faintly high-lighted Collection that allows you to Drop the photos in that Collection.

     

    Working on a project- I prefer to make a Collection the "Target Collection" and then keyboard [B] can add  (And subtract) all selected images to the "Target Collection".

     

    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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    Bridget1234
    Participant
    November 28, 2020

    Well that's been driving me mad so thank goodness I found this answer. Thank you very much. 

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    billk1956
    Participant
    October 4, 2020

    Thank you.  I wonder why you Must drag from the center of the photo.  Seems strange.  Thanks again. Bill

     

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    October 4, 2020

    Not necessarily the Center of the photo but from the Photo itself and not the gray boarder.

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    helen_gossweilerCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    November 12, 2010

    Monia,

    I think what you're being caught with is that you have to drag and drop the image from the center of the thumbnail, and not from the gray border.

    Beat Gossweiler

    Switzerland

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      rkc62
      Participant
      June 8, 2015

      Wow, such a simple answer - thank you Beat!

      And what a poor UI that people are still finding searching this question 5 years later...

        Rob_Cullen
        Community Expert
        Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 9, 2015

        And-

        If you set a Collection (by a Right-Click) as the "Target Collection"

        the Collection shows a small [+] to indicate it is the Target Collection.

        Now- Select ONE or MANY images in the library grid and press the key-

        All the selected images are added to this (Target) Collection.

        So- Select, press B.   easy as!

        When creating a NEW Collection you can set it as the 'new' Target Collection in the dialog window..

        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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