If you’ve seen items come and go in your Lightroom interface and if you’re confused about what exactly is happening chances are you hit a keyboard shortcut that displays or hides one of the interface features. When I was new to Lightroom it was the Toolbar – I could make disappear in a heartbeat – problem was it took a lot longer to work out what had gone and how to get it back.

As I soon learned, the toolbar can be hidden and displayed using the T shortcut or you can choose View > Toolbar. The toolbar is visible in Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print and Web view – but here’s the catch – there is a separate toolbar for each module and hiding one doesn’t hide them all – likewise displaying a toolbar only does so for the current module not all of them.

That said, you’ll want to have the toolbar visible in most of the modules most of the time because it has some handy features that you will use regularly.

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1. If you’re a Windows user (or a Mac user of an older version of Lightroom) and your panels are disappearing, you are most likely accidentally right-clicking on the panel header. If you think there’s something else going on, leave a comment below.
2. A Computer Darkroom Tutorial: If asked to identify their two most sought after features for Adobe Lightroom I think most users would pick the management of off-line images and synchronising of laptop/desktop computer libraries.

The toolbars in the Library and Develop modules are customizable – those in the other modules are fixed in what they display. To add to the general confusion, the toolbar you see in Grid view and the one you see in Loupe view in the Library module are both toggled on and off as if they were the same toolbar but they are separately customizable so you can select which tools appear in which view and they can look very different in each view as shown in these images of firstly Loupe view then Grid view:

To customize a toolbar click the down pointing arrow at its far right and select the options to display and hide. When you are working on a laptop, for example, and where screen real estate is a valuable commodity, you’ll need to be judicious about what tools are visible and which are not.

One option on a laptop that I like to disable is the rotation tool in Grid view in the Library. The reason is that I can set the thumbnails in Grid view so they show rotation icons so I don’t need the additional tool on the toolbar. However, in Loupe view this rotation tool doesn’t appear so I add it to the toolbar.

If you often resize your thumbnails then including the Thumbnail Size slider is a good idea – if you need the space it takes up for other tools then hide it and learn the = and – shortcut keys for managing the thumbnail size instead.

One gottcha that is a guaranteed disaster in the making for new Lightroom users is the apparent duplication of rating, color and flags on the Toolbar and on the bar across the top of the Filmstrip. These are NOT duplicates and instead they are each very different options. The tools on the Toolbar are used to apply a flag, color and rating to images in the Grid or Loupe views. Those above the filmstrip are filters that you use to filter your images based on the flags, colors and ratings you have applied to them. It is important to understand the difference. If you get into trouble and some of your images disappear, selecting Filters Off from the dropdown list above the filmstrip will display all your images again.

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The Filmstrip displays the photos you are working on as you move between modules. It contains photos from the currently selected Library folder, collection, or keyword set. Move between photos in the Filmstrip using the Left and Right Arrow keys, or by choosing a different source from the Filmstrip Source Indicator pop-up menu to the right of the navigation buttons.

• Click the Show/Hide Filmstripicon atthe bottom of the Filmstrip.
• Choose Window > Panels > Show/HideFilmstrip.

• Choose an item in a panelon the left side of the Library module, or select criteria fromthe Library Filter bar, Keyword List panel, or Metadata panel to choosephotos.
• Click the Source Indicator in the Filmstrip, and choosea new source from the pop-up menu. You can choose All Photographs,Quick Collection, Previous Import, or a previously viewed source.Previously viewed Filmstrip sources are listed, unless you chooseClear Recent Sources.

After you choose a source or sources, the Grid view alsodisplays the photos that are displayed in the Filmstrip. If youselect multiple folders or collections, Multiple Sources appearsin the Source Indicator.

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If the Grid viewdoes not display all photos when multiple sources are selected, chooseFilters Off from the Library Filter bar.

• Place the pointer over thetop edge of the Filmstrip. When the pointer changes to a doublearrow , dragthe Filmstrip edge up or down.
• Double-click the top edge of the Filmstrip to switchbetween the last two sizes of thumbnails.

• Drag the scroll bar at thebottom of the Filmstrip, click the arrows on the sides, or dragthe top edge of a thumbnail frame.
• Press the Left and Right Arrow keys to navigate throughthumbnails in the Filmstrip.

Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom Classic > Preferences (Mac OS), and click the Interface tab. In the Filmstrip area, select Show Ratings And Picks.

Select a collection or a folder thatdoes not contain any subfolders, and then drag a thumbnail to anew location.

You can use the Navigator panel in the Library module or the Develop module to set the level of magnification for an image in Loupe view. Lightroom Classic saves the last level you used and lets you switch between that level and the current level when you click the photo with the pointer. You can also toggle between four levels using the Zoom In and Zoom Out commands.

The settings remain in effect until you select a different zoom level in the Navigator panel or choose a new command from the View menu.

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Whentwo images are in Compare view in the Library module, setting azoom level in the Navigator panel or choosing a zoom command automaticallydisplays the selected image in Loupe view.

In the Navigator panel, select eitherFit or Fill for the first zoom level.
For the second zoom level, select either 1:1 (a 100%view of actual pixels) or choose an option from the pop-up menu.

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Zoom levels for the pointer are also availablein the secondary window.

• To switch between the two zoom levels set in the Navigator panel, click the photo with the pointer or press the spacebar. The pointer changes to the Zoom tool whenever it is possible to zoom in. You can also click the photo to switch between zoom levels in the secondary window.
• To switch between four zoom levels, press Ctrl-+ or Ctrl-- (Windows) or Command-+ or Command-- (Mac OS). If you choose a Zoom command from the View menu, the level switches between the four settings in the Navigator panel (Fit, Fill, 1:1, and the option chosen from the menu).

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To zoom the photo to the center ofthe screen, select Zoom Clicked Point To Center in the InterfacePreferences.

When the photo is zoomed and parts are notvisible, use the Hand tool on the photo or the pointer on the Navigatorpanel to move hidden areas into view. The Navigator panel alwaysdisplays the entire image with a frame overlay to represent theedges of the main view.

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Panning is synchronized in theBefore and After views in the Develop module.

• Drag the Hand tool in the Loupe viewto move the image. You can also pan with the Hand tool in the Loupeview in the secondary window.
• Drag the pointer in the Navigator panel to move the imagein Loupe view.
• Click the pointer in the Navigator panel to move theimage to that location in Loupe view.

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• Press and hold the space barto temporarily zoom in.
• Press and hold the mouse button down to zoom in, andthen drag in either the photo or the Navigator to pan the photo.

You can display information about a photoin Loupe view in the Library; in Loupe view or Before and Afterviews in the Develop module; and in Loupe view in the secondarywindow. You can display two sets of metadata and customize which informationappears in each set.

Choose View > Loupe Info >Show Info Overlay, or choose the specific info set to display. Or,press the I key to display, hide, and cycle through the info sets.

In the Library or Develop module, chooseView > View Options.
If working in the Library, make sure the Loupe View isselected.
In the Loupe Info fields, choose the options you wantto display for each set from the menus.

Lightroom Classic provides many ways to show specific photos in the Grid view and the Filmstrip. The method you use depends on which photos you want to see. The Catalog panel lets you instantly display all photos in the catalog or the Quick Collection, as well as the most recently imported photos.

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You can also showphotos in the Grid view and the Filmstrip by selecting folders,collections, keywords, or by searching for photos. You can refinea selection by using the options in the Library Filter bar.

In the Catalog panel, select any of the following:

Shows all the photos in the catalog.

Shows all the photos that are synced with other Adobe Photoshop Lightroom mobile clients. For more details see Work with All Synced Photographs collection.

Shows photos in the Quick Collection. To learn about groupingphotos in the Quick Collection, see Workwith the Quick Collection.

Shows photos from the most recent import.

Other categories, such as Previous Export As Catalog,may also appear in the Catalog panel.

In the Library module, you navigate betweenimages by selecting the previous or next photo.

In any view of the Library module, do one of thefollowing:

• To select the previous photo, press theLeft Arrow key, click the Select Previous Photo icon inthe toolbar, or choose Library > Previous Selected Photo.

• To select the next photo, press the Right Arrowkey, click the Select Next Photo icon inthe toolbar, or choose Library > Next Selected Photo.

  note: Makesure Navigate is chosen from the toolbar menu for the Select Previous Imageand Select Next Image icons to appear.

In the Grid view, do any of the followingto rearrange photos in the grid:

• Click the Sort Direction icon inthe toolbar.

• Choose a sort option from the Sort pop-up menu inthe toolbar.

• If you have selected a regular collection or thelowest folder in a folder hierarchy, drag from the center of a thumbnailto sort in any order.

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If you have selected a smart collection or a folderthat contains other folders, User Order is not available in theSort pop-up menu, and you cannot drag to sort photos in any order.

Some cameras capture raw and JPEG versions of photos. In order to view and work with the JPEG version of the photo, you must instruct Lightroom Classic to import and recognize the JPEG version as a standalone file. See Set import preferences.

In the Grid view, choose Thumbnail Sizefrom the toolbar menu.

The Thumbnails control is not available unless this optionis selected.

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Switching between Grid, Loupe,Compare, and Survey views

In the Library module, you can view thumbnailsin the Grid view, a single photo in Loupe view, two photos in Compareview, or two or more photos in Survey view.

• Click the Grid View , LoupeView , CompareView , orSurvey View iconin the toolbar.

• Choose View > Grid, Loupe, Compare,or Survey.

• Choose View and then choose either Toggle LoupeView or Toggle Zoom View to toggle between the chosen view and theprevious view.

• With one or more photos selected in the Grid view,choose Photo > Open In Loupe to switch to the Loupeview. If more than one photo is selected, the active photo opensin the Loupe view. Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to cycle betweenselected photos in the Loupe view.

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For more information on comparing photos in Lightroom 3and Lightroom 4, see Comparing similar photos, from Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos.

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