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brianzim
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February 23, 2022
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P: Detail view shows photos off-center after zooming in/out

  • February 23, 2022
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If I open a photo in the Detail view, zoom in on it, and then zoom back out, Lightroom will no longer show the photo centered in the view. Worse, once it gets into this state, every photo I open will appear off-center (and cut off at the edge) in the view.

 

The amount of "off-centered-ness" is proportional to where in the photo I zoom in. If I zoom in on the corner of the photo then every photo after that will have only that corner showing in the Detail view.

 

The only way to fix the issue is to close the app and restart it.

 

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Version 5.2

Build 20220128-1049-86119e0

MacOS Monterey 12.1

    Correct answer ZimFromIRK

    I've experienced exactly this in Lightroom Classic 14.5.1 today after zooming.  Was driving me nuts -- I could not see all of a photo in the develop module without zooming, so I had to manually zoom when switching between horizontally and vertically oriented photos.  Restarting Lightroom Classic fixed it.

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    Lalocakayak
    Participant
    December 11, 2023

    I am having the same issue. There is no shortcut it seems to zoom out and recenter a photo once you have zoomed in, I used the suggested fix of the E function and somehow it worked, however it seems like it is the long way around. Would love a keyboard shortcut.

     

    I also am having trouble zooming in with the 'command =' function. I can use it once I have used the magnifying glass with my track pad but not before then. Not sure if there is a work around there. Any suggestions are welcome.

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      Eric332051177ny5
      Participant
      October 29, 2023

      I experienced the same, and it's annoying that I need to re-adjust the zoom back to center view. I've found the trick (after zoom in/out) to reset to center view, is to switch back to Edit ("E" button) mode, then left-click on the image itself (when your cursor becomes + magnifier). Voila~!

      Lightroom version 7.0

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        Laurids B.
        Participant
        October 29, 2023

        Nope dosn't do the trick here. image is still off center. I really hope adobe will fix this soon as it's super irritating to work with when you editing both details and general appearance

        Rikk Flohr_Photography
        Community Manager
        Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        January 13, 2023

        Updating status and adding bug number 

        Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
          olivierlacan
          olivierlacan
          Known Participant
          December 5, 2022

          I can also reproduce this bug without any zoom active when trying to switch to full screen with the "F" keyboard shortcut under macOS. The anchor is off center despite not having used the zoom in the current session (as far as I can remember). There's clearly some bug in the X & Y coordinate logic that determines where the image center should be. Note that this happened with an external (Thunderbolt 4 USB-C) monitor attached at the default resolution (not at some atypical macOS UI scaling level or custom output resolution). 

           

          Tried to attach another screencast but I got an error that video upload isn't permitted this time for some reason. /cc @Rikk Flohr: Photography 

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          Edvard19745806hq75
          Participant
          August 24, 2022

          Did you find a solution to this? Makes the program basically unusable to me on dekstop

          Rikk Flohr_Photography
          Community Manager
          Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          March 10, 2022

          I've thus far been unable to reproduce the behavior you are seeing. Is it possible to record a video showing the behavior and post it here?

          Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
          olivierlacan
          olivierlacan
          Known Participant
          November 27, 2022

          The bug is reset by a simple restart, no need to hold down Option + Shift but it's still an annoying bug that has existed in many Lightroom versions. 

           

          See video demo attached, if you move the picture at max zoom level to get one of its edges past the edge of the viewport, the center of every zoomed file remains stuck at that X,Y coordinate instead of resetting to the center of the viewport. While this could be useful when reviewing the exact same quadrant of a series of shots, there is no way to reset this max zoom "anchor point" with in the UI or with any keyboard shortcut I'm aware of.

           

          @Rikk Flohr: Photography Attached is a reproduction screencast.

            ZimFromIRK
            ZimFromIRKCorrect answer
            Inspiring
            October 26, 2025

            I've experienced exactly this in Lightroom Classic 14.5.1 today after zooming.  Was driving me nuts -- I could not see all of a photo in the develop module without zooming, so I had to manually zoom when switching between horizontally and vertically oriented photos.  Restarting Lightroom Classic fixed it.

            Rikk Flohr_Photography
            Community Manager
            Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            February 23, 2022

            I would recommend a preference file reset.

             

            This procedure works for both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop.

            If you are using Lightroom Desktop it can change the location of your local storage. Please review this setting after resetting preferences. 

             

            Reset Procedure:

            1. Close Lightroom.

            2. Hold down [Alt/Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom.

            3. Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog.

            4. Close Lightroom.

            5. Restart Lightroom.

             

             

            Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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            Stephenjc
            Known Participant
            March 6, 2022

            I have this problem and I tried your steps but it didn't fix it.

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            brianzimAuthor
            Participant
            March 9, 2022

            Same here unfortunately.

            AxelMatt
            Community Expert
            AxelMattCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 23, 2022

            I moved the thread to the Lightroom CC forum

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            brianzimAuthor
            Participant
            February 23, 2022

            Sorry I didn't mean to post this under Lightroom Classic. This bug is for Lightroom CC

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