Is it possible to completely hide the side bar and bottom thumbnails?

[Zak833]

I'm new to Lightroom and was wondering if it is possible to hide the right side bar (I can see how to hide the left one) and the bottom scrolling thumbnails in order to allow the grid view or single-photo view to take up the entire space of the screen, while browsing your catalog?

Thank you!

[F. McLion · Accepted solution]

You can click on the triangles and/or right click on the triangles to see its options.

Hit 'Tab'-key to show/hide left and right and hit 'Shift' + 'Tab' to show/hide all four.

[john beardsworth]

Use the keyboard shortcuts F5 through F8 - just try each one in turn to see what it hides - and refer to the menu Help > Keyboard Shortcuts and its Panel Shortcuts section.

[Just Shoot Me]

You can collapse all of them by clicking the little triangle in the center at the far edge of the screen for all of them. But even then when you Mouse Over the black bar that holds the triangle that panel will Pop Out. you can go to Full Screen mode but then you can't access any of them without coming out of FSM.

[Zak833]

Thank you all, I hadn't noticed the triangles at the bottom and on the right.... Appreciate it!

[Conrad C]

If you ever forget the shortcuts or how to control the side panels, remember that every panel and strip around the edge of the screen is listed under the Window > Panels submenu, with the shortcuts listed next to the commands. And every module and its shortcut is listed at the bottom of the Window menu.