Keyboard shortcuts disorder

One theory might be that the keyboard shortcuts that were thought up for Lightroom (Classic) 1.0 in 2007 were no longer thought to be optimal when Lightroom (cloud) was released many years later, so in the newer app they decided to get it right, in their view.

It’s possible there were other considerations like how the original Lightroom (Classic) shortcuts were working out in different languages and on the mobile devices that didn’t exist in 2007. But we won’t know for sure unless someone from Adobe decides to come into this thread and give a detailed explanation (unlikely).

The bigger question is why, unlike so many other primary Adobe apps, the Lightroom apps do not support customizable keyboard shortcuts with shortcut sets that match other applications.

G in Lightroom is Grid view, G in Photoshop is Gradient/Paint Bucket Tool. L in Photoshop is Lasso Tool, L in Lightroom is Lights Out Mode. As an example. They are different apps with different commands.