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Viewing filenames in the Folders Panel of Library

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
March 29, 2020
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I'm either losing my mind, or somthing happened yesterday that I've never seen before. When I am in "Library," in the "Folders" panel on the left, I now only see the folders and subfolders listed. I could have sworn that for years, if I clicked the down arrow on folder, it would show all the file names within. Now it doesn't. I've hunted and searched and I cannot find an option that allows me to view the files. It gives the file count, so it understands they're there, but it won't display the names. My brother says his has always worked this way. I could have sworn mine never worked this way until yesterday. Does anyone know how to get the file names to show in the Folders panel?

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elie_dinur

Participating Frequently

For the last 12 years, versions 2 to 9, my Library/Folder panel has never shown individual files. Files and their names are shown in the center image area or in the film-strip.

Maybe you are confusing LR Classic and LR (cloud based)?

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Squirrel GirlAuthor

Participant

No, I never use LR Cloud. But I guess I must be crazy and misremember.

LR has several ways to see/do things. It's not that I can't find the other ways. Oh, well. I appreciate you guys' responding.

Just Shoot Me

Legend

The Folders panel Never showed File Names. Not in Version 1 of LR or any subsequent version.

If you want to see the actual file names of your images you have to turn on the View option to show that in the Grid view or hover over the image in the Filmstrip and you will see the File Name just above the Filmstrip area.

AxelMatt

Community Expert

Please try to reset the Lightroom preferences: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

Then ckeck if anything is different.

For a better understanding what you exactly mean please post a Screenshot that shows your issue.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

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Squirrel GirlAuthor

Participant

I did the reset, and it didn't fix my problem.

Just Shoot Me

Legend

The triangle icon is only solid if there are other folders under that folder. Otherwise it is greyed dots.

As said by me and all the others. The Folders section of the left hand side panel in the Library module Never Ever showed File names.

And actuall no Folders list sections, even in the Import dialog window in the Source section or the Destination section never showed File Names.

dj_paige

Legend

"I could have sworn that for years, if I clicked the down arrow on folder, it would show all the file names within."

Folders panel shows folders. It does not show file names.

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Squirrel GirlAuthor

Participant

I could have sworn that it showed filenames, too. I did the LR preferences reset, as Axel_Matt suggested, and I got the default "tips" windows. This screen capture of one "tip" suggests that I might be right. I wonder if you are in the same situation as my brother -- it's never shown files to you, so you haven't thougth it ever might?

dj_paige

Legend

I will stick with my previous statement. Folder panel shows folders. It does not show files.

The quote you show about moving images means that if you drag images into the folder panel, the images will be moved to the folder you dragged them into.

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