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Lightroom Panel shortcuts snippet

10 May 2022 · 1 min

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In this short tutorial, Joe Houghton demonstrates how to quickly show or hide Lightroom Classic panels using function-key shortcuts. He explains that on Windows (and similarly on Mac with the same keys) the F5, F6, F7, and F8 keys toggle the top, bottom, left, and right panels respectively. He walks through each key, showing the top panel (Library/Develop) being opened/closed with F5 and the bottom panel with F6, emphasizing how learning these shortcuts can streamline workflow.

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So Lightroom Classic, I'm in the grid view of Lightroom Classic, and you can see I've got all the panels open. Now, one thing that I only came across about 6 months ago was the shortcut keys to open and close the panels, and this can be quite interesting. You know, just shortcut keys are great when you learn them, and I try and learn a new shortcut key most days, and eventually it builds up. So On a Windows machine, I'm on a Mac, but on a Windows machine, the shortcut keys to open and close the panels are F5, 6, 7, and 8. So these are the F keys at the top of your keyboard. Okay, 5, 6, 7, and 8. So 5 opens and closes. So I've got to be in Lightroom. There we are. So 5 opens and closes the top panel. You see the Library and Develop panel there? That's opening and closing. F6 does the bottom.