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UI: Colors for selection (shades of grey)

Sep 20, 2012 2:08 AM

Tags: #selection #gray #grey #ui #shades

Hi !

 

Lightroom has three different levels of selection (not selected, selected, most selected) and represents this state with  different colors of grey. This looks like a very poor choice to me, because they are very difficult to differenciate.

For instance, it's very difficult to identify the beginning or the end of a long selection when scrolling, because everything looks just grey.

 

Is there a way to change the colors for the 3 states ?

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  • C-OW
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    1. C-OW,
    Sep 20, 2012 5:12 AM   in reply to ocroquette
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    Hi!

     

    I don't think there is a way to change that behavior of lightroom in the settings but this is the place to post your suggestion:

     

    http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/ideas/recent

     

    Maybe somebody already posted a similar request and you can add your vote.

     

    BTW: I like your the idea to have a better indication which one is selected and "most" seletced!

     

    Oli

     
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    Sep 20, 2012 11:07 AM   in reply to C-OW
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    Thanks. I couldn't find an existing request so that I created a new one:

    http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/shades_of_grey_f or_different_selection_states_are_not_different_enough

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 2:19 AM   in reply to ocroquette
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    I think you missed the right spot. Post ist under "Ideas" not "Problems".

    Oli

     

    Am 20.09.2012 um 20:07 schrieb ocroquette <forums@adobe.com>:

     

    Re: UI: Colors for selection (shades of grey)

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    Thanks. I couldn't find an existing request so that I created a new one:

     

    http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/shades_of_grey_f or_different_selection_states_are_not_different_enough

     

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    4. Victoria Bampton,
    Sep 21, 2012 4:11 AM   in reply to C-OW
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    C-OW wrote:

     

    Post ist under "Ideas" not "Problems".

     

    No issue, I've swapped it to an idea.

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 4:48 AM   in reply to Victoria Bampton
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    From my perspective, it's definitely more an issue than an idea, even if I provide a possible solution. I suffer from it in everyday's life because selecting pictures is required in many many scenarios.

    I don't know what's the difference between ideas and issues on the feedback site. If issues get more priority than ideas, I would definitely like to keep it an issue.

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 5:19 AM   in reply to ocroquette
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    Even though it bugs you I would consider it a feature, not a bug. So therefore I would post it as an idea for a future improvement of the UI.

     

     

     

    Oli

     
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    7. ocroquette,
    Sep 21, 2012 5:28 AM   in reply to C-OW
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    As long as we don't know what the difference is on Adobe's side, it's not worth discussing which one it should be. It would be great to have an answer from Adobe on that, not only for this case.

     
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    8. C-OW,
    Sep 21, 2012 6:09 AM   in reply to ocroquette
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    You're right.

    I've seen a couple "Problems" classified by Adobe as "Not a problem" if they're not bugs. Anyways, let's stop here

    We'll see...

    Oli

     
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  • Victoria Bampton
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    9. Victoria Bampton,
    Sep 21, 2012 6:47 AM   in reply to ocroquette
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    ocroquette wrote:

    I don't know what's the difference between ideas and issues on the feedback site. If issues get more priority than ideas, I would definitely like to keep it an issue.

     

    As a rule of thumb, if it's currently working as the designers intended, it's usually classed as a feature request.  If it was supposed to work a certain way and it's not, it's a bug.  I wouldn't worry too much about the semantics though.  I switched it so it was tracked in a way that gave it the best chance possible, that's all.

     
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    10. ocroquette,
    Sep 21, 2012 8:20 AM   in reply to Victoria Bampton
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    Good to know, thanks Victoria.

     
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