Lightroom: Allow for keyboard shortcut customization

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Customizable keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom would be great. I just find it so confusing that crop and brush tools and things like that have such odd keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom. I understand that changing that all now would be awful for many existing users, but being able to override them like I can in Photoshop would be helpful. Doesn't anyone else out there find they use to wrong keyboard shortcuts in the wrong program?

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John R. Ellis May 05, 2011 17:07

I think many people would appreciate being able to reassign keyboard shortcuts, including to plugin commands. While it would be better if this were built in to LR, the plugin Keyboard Tamer currently provides that functionality:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange...

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I think many people would appreciate being able to reassign keyboard shortcuts, including to plugin commands. While it would be better if this were built in to LR, the plugin Keyboard Tamer currently provides that functionality: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=2196025

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TK June 18, 2011 02:37

Custom keyboard shortcuts would address many requests, including this one about additional shortcuts for basic adjustments.

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Custom keyboard shortcuts would address many requests, including <a href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/keyboard_shortcuts_for_basic_tone_and_color_adjustments_in_lightroom?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reply_notification">this one about additional shortcuts for basic adjustments</a>.

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tonguetwister July 20, 2011 07:24

I can't believe this hasn't been part of Lightroom since the beginning. Having different shortcuts for LR and PS is asinine.

Keyboard Tamer is a total kludge and the developer is non-responsive to questions even after a nice cash donation to his cause.

C'mon Adobe, this is much needed!

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I can't believe this hasn't been part of Lightroom since the beginning. Having different shortcuts for LR and PS is asinine. Keyboard Tamer is a total kludge and the developer is non-responsive to questions even after a nice cash donation to his cause. C'mon Adobe, this is much needed!

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Brian Michael October 03, 2011 13:37

Also adding programable shortcut keys to presets, like actions in Photoshop.

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Also adding programable shortcut keys to presets, like actions in Photoshop.

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Jan Blicher Dorvil October 06, 2011 12:25

With Lightroom having such a huge amount of users by now, wouldn't it be about time to implement configurable keyboard shortcuts and stop burning all non-US/UK keyboard users?

Br. Jay

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With Lightroom having such a huge amount of users by now, wouldn't it be about time to implement configurable keyboard shortcuts and stop burning all non-US/UK keyboard users? Br. Jay This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a href="/photoshop_family/topics/configurable_keyboard_shortcuts_in_lightroom/changes" target="_blank">Configurable keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom</a>.

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Edward November 15, 2011 19:55

Hi
Is it possible to set up your own shortcuts in Lr?
(an obvious example being for the purple label, but there are plenty more taske it would b helpful to shortcut if possible?

Thanks in advance

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- John R. Ellis November 16, 2011 18:41
  
  From the merged topic: See this thread for how to assign a shortcut to the fifth color label (default purple):
  
  http://forums.adobe.com/message/37679...
  
  (Keyboard Tamer doesn't know about color-label shortcuts.)
  
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Hi Is it possible to set up your own shortcuts in Lr? (an obvious example being for the purple label, but there are plenty more taske it would b helpful to shortcut if possible? Thanks in advance This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/photoshop_family/topics/assigning_shortcuts_in_lightroom" target="_blank">Assigning Shortcuts in Lightroom?</a>.

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Brian Michael November 15, 2011 21:50

Soon we will be releasing a lightroom plugin that will allow you to set shortcut keys for presets in lightroom. You can get more information @ http://missingelement.net/products-2/

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- Rob Cole November 16, 2011 01:33
  
  $99 seems steep just for preset keys - am I missing something?
  
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  Couldn't agree more with Rob. Is $99 a typo or something? And the website didn't provide much info to help a potential user justify such an expense.
  
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Soon we will be releasing a lightroom plugin that will allow you to set shortcut keys for presets in lightroom. You can get more information @ http://missingelement.net/products-2/

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Chris Dube November 16, 2011 04:42

This does it for free:

PADDY for Lightroom
https://sites.google.com/site/dorfl68/

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- Rob Cole November 16, 2011 06:45
  
  Thanks for the tip Chris - Paddy looks real good, although I haven't been able to save a script yet...
  
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This does it for free: PADDY for Lightroom https://sites.google.com/site/dorfl68/

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Chris Legg November 22, 2011 11:42

Customisable keyboard shortcuts with the ability to add them for the develop slider settings, i.e. white balance, black, exposure etc pleeeeeeeaase

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Customisable keyboard shortcuts with the ability to add them for the develop slider settings, i.e. white balance, black, exposure etc pleeeeeeeaase

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Jean Pierre Ravez November 23, 2011 19:15

Customisable keyboard for french people Thanks

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Customisable keyboard for french people Thanks

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Brandon Boswell December 05, 2011 01:04

Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts in directly in Lightroom would be excellent! Like a shortcut to jump straight to the Library Text Filter Dialog Box, I use it all day every day.

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  From the other thread: Ctrl+F (Cmd-F on Mac) takes you directly to the Text filter.
  
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Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts in directly in Lightroom would be excellent! Like a shortcut to jump straight to the Library Text Filter Dialog Box, I use it all day every day. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/photoshop_family/topics/customizable_keyboard_shortcuts_directly_in_lightroom" target="_blank">Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts directly in Lightroom</a>.

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bortoni January 13, 2012 15:37

We want to be able to customize everything (sort of like paddy) and not have to rely on expensive third party support that break with updates to lightroom.

This should be supported in lightroom itself. PLEASE!

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We want to be able to customize everything (sort of like paddy) and not have to rely on expensive third party support that break with updates to lightroom. This should be supported in lightroom itself. PLEASE!

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erling petersen January 14, 2012 11:26

Especially importent for those of us working in other languages than English and using a different keyboard

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Especially importent for those of us working in other languages than English and using a different keyboard

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Willy Foo March 27, 2012 03:21

Why isn't there a keyboard shortcut for access adjust exposure, recovery, temp, tint etc? This will allow easy mapping of gestures, wacom keys etc to quickly change stuff.

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Why isn't there a keyboard shortcut for access adjust exposure, recovery, temp, tint etc? This will allow easy mapping of gestures, wacom keys etc to quickly change stuff. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/photoshop_family/topics/direct_keyboard_shortcuts_for_develop_adjustment_tools/changes" target="_blank">Direct Keyboard Shortcuts for Develop Adjustment tools</a>.

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John Dabarno August 10, 2012 08:21

Given the versatility of the new Wacom Intuos 5 Touch Tablet and its radial menu it would be nice as in Photoshop CS5 and CS6 if you were able to add shortcuts to menu items to use with Lightroom 4. I have a lot of additional shortcuts added in Photoshop CS6 that are on my Radial Menu that make it much fast to perform certain tasks. It would be nice if I could have more custom shortcuts to use in Lightroom 4 and beyond. Thanks for your interest in our feedback it what will always be one of the reasons I come back to Adobe Products.

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Given the versatility of the new Wacom Intuos 5 Touch Tablet and its radial menu it would be nice as in Photoshop CS5 and CS6 if you were able to add shortcuts to menu items to use with Lightroom 4. I have a lot of additional shortcuts added in Photoshop CS6 that are on my Radial Menu that make it much fast to perform certain tasks. It would be nice if I could have more custom shortcuts to use in Lightroom 4 and beyond. Thanks for your interest in our feedback it what will always be one of the reasons I come back to Adobe Products. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom_4_custom_shortcuts" target="_blank">Lightroom 4 custom shortcuts</a>.

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Geerd Jacobs January 23, 2013 20:24

Hello,

how about a customization option in LR, for changing shortcuts of tools etc.?
It can't be that hard :).
It works in Photoshop as well!

Regards

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Hello, how about a customization option in LR, for changing shortcuts of tools etc.? It can't be that hard :). It works in Photoshop as well! Regards This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/how_about_defining_your_own_shortcuts_in_lr/changes" target="_blank">How about defining your own shortcuts in LR</a>.

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Kevin Edge February 28, 2013 18:38

Photoshop has this option. Why not Lightroom?

I would really like to "Open as Layers in Photoshop" with one keystroke.

Better yet, I'd love to open a series of stacks as layered psd file.

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Photoshop has this option. Why not Lightroom? I would really like to "Open as Layers in Photoshop" with one keystroke. Better yet, I'd love to open a series of stacks as layered psd file. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/custom_keyboard_shortcuts-nn57a/changes" target="_blank">LIGHTROOM: Custom keyboard shortcuts</a>.

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