P: Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos incorrectly greyed out

[johnrellis]

The menu item  Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos is always greyed out, even though the toolbar's Lightning Bolt > Auto-Tag n Selected Photos is not.  This bug has been present since at least LR 9.1.

To reproduce:

1. In the Map module, load this tracklog:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4mtos3k945v3z8kcamgi/Big-Lake-2023-Tracks.GPX?rlkey=18dxvhr56v0i45ib...

2. Select one or more photos in the filmstrip.

3. Observe that Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos is greyed out.

4. Observe that the toolbar's Lightning Bolt > Auto-Tag n Selected Photos is not greyed out.

Tested on LR 12.5 Mac OS 13.5.1 and Windows 11; LR 9.1 Mac OS 13.5.1.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Is anyone on this thread still seeing this issue with 13.1?

[misxif]

I still have the problem with Lightroom Classic v13.4

[GoldingD]

I still have the problem with Lightroom Classic v13.4

By @misxif

With Auto tag? or something else?

[misxif]

I'm sorry @GoldingD  for the lack of detail in my message - I thought that the question I was answering would appear automatically.  I was answering the question: "Is anyone on this thread still seeing this issue with 13.1?".

I am still experiencing (with Lightroom Classic v13.4, on a Mac) the problem with the greying-out of the auto-tag option under the menu (Map View) Map - Tracklog.  The work-around for this, as stated by others, is to use the 'lightning symbol' in the tool bar under the map.

(I was also struggling yesterday with another problem, which is not strictly for this thread, that the auto-tagging could not find the photo matches, even though the track timings and the photo time stamps were correctly coordinated.  In the process of solving this, I discovered that I had to delete existing GPS locations in order to do auto-tagging from scratch again - ie, over-writes are not possible, although I did not realise this.)

I have had this problem of a greyed-out auto tagging option in the main menu for as long as I can remember, but it comes and goes.  I have just tested again, and now the option is back.