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Won't auto-select newest image from Auto Import

New Here ,
Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017

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I'm actually having the reverse problem of what I've been seeing in my solution searching. I shoot to the watched folder and have images brought in via Auto-Import and generally (which most people seemed to dislike) it would auto select/display the most recent image that was imported. This is great for my purposes as I can see the changes I make as I shoot but recently I've noticed that its stopped doing this. Lightroom stays on whatever image I have selected, regardless of what view I'm in, and the auto imported images just stack up behind it in the filmstrip. Auto-advance is on (but doesn't apply to this situation since I'm not flagging/rating anything). Is this something that was "fixed" with a previous update or am I missing something obvious? I'm currently on 2015.10.1

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LEGEND ,
Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017

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Is the option Preferences > General > Select Current/Previous Import Collection During Import checked?

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Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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I have the same problem as the OP.  I do have " Select Current/Previous Import Collection During Import" enabled.  When I add a file to the watched folder, Lightroom switches to displaying that folder.  However, as subsequent photos are added, LR doesn't advance its selected/active image, which is the desired behavior.

Version is 2015.10 on MacOS Sierra.  The watched folder is on my system volume, and I've tested this with both JPEG and raw files.

I've searched through the app preferences and menu item toggles without finding anything else that seems relevant to this behavior.  (I do have Photo->Auto Advance enabled.)  Anyone got any ideas?

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Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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Is the option Preferences > General > Select Current/Previous Import Collection During Import checked?

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Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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It is, John.  I said that in the second sentence of my previous post.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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Sorry, I missed that.

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Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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The [CAPSLOCK]  key also influences auto-advance for some functions.

Have you tried the Auto-import destination folder with Capslock on?

Regards. My System: Lightroom-Classic 13.2 Photoshop 25.5, ACR 16.2, Lightroom 7.2, Lr-iOS 9.0.1, Bridge 14.0.2, Windows-11.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 15, 2017 Jul 15, 2017

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I reviewed past discussions.  What others have observed is the same as what I see in CC 2015.10.1: When the current source is the special collection Previous Import or the destination auto-import folder, then if you're in Grid view, auto import doesn't change the current selection. But if you're in Loupe view or in Develop, auto import changes the current selection to the most recently imported photo.

If you want LR to do something different, you can submit a feature request to the official Adobe feedback forum, where Adobe wants all product feedback: Photoshop Lightroom | Photoshop Family Customer Community . (This forum is primarily user-to-user, and product developers are rarely seen here.)

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New Here ,
Jul 16, 2017 Jul 16, 2017

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I don't see any difference in auto-import/auto-advance behavior with the capslock key on.

I'm going to have very limited internet access for the next week.  I'll pursue this further when I get back to civilization.  Thanks for the help.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 16, 2017 Jul 16, 2017

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The OP has not replied back yet with the original question,

but for Johnd12157133- 

Yes, the Caps-Lock 'on' really only affects the movement of the selected photo when in the Grid view or Filmstrip- (eg.Pick Flag a photo and the selection moves to the next photo.)

To me it does not matter how I have 'Sort Order' set ('Added Order' would seem the obvious), the last photo added to the Auto-in folder always appears in Loupe or Full-screen views as the 'selected' photo.

But the Filmstrip always defaults to the 'Sort Order' set for the Grid window view.

[Lr CC2015.10.1 WIndows-10]

Regards. My System: Lightroom-Classic 13.2 Photoshop 25.5, ACR 16.2, Lightroom 7.2, Lr-iOS 9.0.1, Bridge 14.0.2, Windows-11.

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New Here ,
Jul 23, 2017 Jul 23, 2017

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There are a couple of flavors of "full-screen" in LR;  I suspect that when most of us use the term, we mean what we get with the "F" key, which is Window->Screen Mode->Full Screen Preview.

I hadn't realized before that you can go into that mode while in the Loupe view.  This gives me the behavior I was looking for--being able to see a large rendition of each image as it appears in the watched folder.

It still seems to me that the grid view should behave in the same way.  I'm going to pursue it informally with one of the LR engineers, and he'll probably have a perfectly logical reason why things are done that way.  But if not, I'm going to ask him to open a bug, although I doubt it will get a high priority.

Thanks, all, for the help.

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New Here ,
Aug 16, 2017 Aug 16, 2017

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A member of the LR team has confirmed that it's intended that the grid view doesn't automatically advance its selection during auto-import, but no one on the team can remember exactly why.  The person who knows the most about that area is on sabbatical, so maybe clarity will come when he returns.

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017

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In Navigator upper left Choose "Fit" and then "F"

This works perfectly for me, and newest imported comes i fullscreen.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021

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This is still a solution in 2021, thx

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