3 Replies Latest reply: Dec 7, 2007 8:51 AM by =gmckinney= RSS

    Keyboard shortcuts to select develop sliders

    SimonTindemans Community Member
      For those people who like to minimize their mouse kilometers, it would be useful to have keyboard shortcuts to *select* individual sliders in the develop module. [See also the specific request for an exposure shortcut that recently came up in this thread: shawnmoore, "What is the Lightroom keyboard shortcut for Exposure?" #, 27 Aug 2007 9:10 pm ]

      Keyboard shortcuts for individual sliders would be particularly convenient for people using programmable controllers (i.e. the Contour Design Shuttle). You could assign the shortcut to a programmable key (on button for 'exposure', for example) and then use the shuttle/scroll wheel to adjust the corresponding value.

      Now, I realize that Lightroom is quickly running out of available shortcut keys, so I suggest to couple them to the active panel. Currently, ctrl+[number] (on Windows) selects the n-th panel on the panel set on the right hand side, i.e. ctrl+1 -> basic, ctrl+2 -> tone curve. My proposal would be to use ctrl+F[number] to select the n-th slider (or other control) *within* that panel. Then, the up/down arrows could be used to adjust the values.

      Any opinions?

      Simon
        • 1. Re: Keyboard shortcuts to select develop sliders
          witkacy Community Member
          Excellent request. Give us the possibility to assign keyboard shortcuts to individual sliders/numerical fields (from within the all-new Keyboard Shortcuts customization dialog :-)

          Regards
          m.
          • 2. Re: Keyboard shortcuts to select develop sliders
            =gmckinney= Community Member
            **Update: I will try and re-write this to inject the shift-up/down instead of using mouse movements **<br /><br />Here's a quick hack to do the same for Windows using www.AutoHotKey.com  I would like it if LR would add exposure, fill, black, as nudge shortcuts so that I can reprogram my Logitech G15 to call the same.<br /><br />NOTE: This can go very weird if you computer speed is different to mine. If you find the mouse pointer disappears, close LR, and increase the Sleep 500 below.<br /><br /><WinKey>2 = Black Minus<br /><WinKey>3 = Black Plus<br /><WinKey>4 = Fill Minus<br /><WinKey>5 = Fill Plus<br /><WinKey>6 = Exp Minus<br /><WinKey>7 = Exp Plus<br /><br />; Code Starts <br />#IfWinActive, Lightroom<br />     #2::LRMouseMove( 10, -2)     ; Black Clipping, Minus<br />     #3::LRMouseMove( 10,  2)     ; Black Clipping, Plus<br />     #4::LRMouseMove( 40, -5)     ; Fill, Minus<br />     #5::LRMouseMove( 40,  5)     ; Fill, Plus<br />     #6::LRMouseMove(115,-10)     ; Exposure, Minus<br />     #7::LRMouseMove(115, 10)     ; Exposure, Plus<br />     LRMouseMove(x,dx) {<br />          MouseGetPos, xpos, ypos <br />          BlockInput, MouseMove<br />          ControlGetPos, cx, cy, w, h, AfxWnd80u82<br />          MouseMove, X+CX, CY+50, 1<br />          MouseClickDrag, L, 0, 0, DX, 0, 0, R<br />          Sleep 500<br />          MouseMove, XPOS, YPOS, 1<br />          BlockInput, MouseMoveOff<br />          Exit<br />     }<br />#IfWinActive<br />; Code Ends
            • 3. Re: Keyboard shortcuts to select develop sliders
              =gmckinney= Community Member
              OK, check this new thread out http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c05831d