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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Neil Folberg on July 05, 2009, 04:12:05 pm

Title: click-drag to change order in library or slideshow?
Post by: Neil Folberg on July 05, 2009, 04:12:05 pm

Hello,

I'm embarrassed to ask, but why can't I click-drag photos in grid view to change their order in the library? Trying to order a slideshow just won't work.  Using Mac, LR2, I click on a photo to drag it to somewhere else and it just snaps back to where it was.

Thanks, Neil

Title: click-drag to change order in library or slideshow?
Post by: Neil Folberg on July 05, 2009, 04:58:39 pm

got it- you can't change the order in a smart collection for some reason.

Neil

Title: click-drag to change order in library or slideshow?
Post by: wolfnowl on July 07, 2009, 01:36:56 am

Or any collection for that matter.  Only in the folders...

Mike.

Title: click-drag to change order in library or slideshow?
Post by: john beardsworth on July 07, 2009, 03:37:55 am

Yes, you can in a dumb collection. Like folders, you have to do so at the lowest level - not a parent folder.

Dragging and dropping wouldn't make so much sense in a smart collection because it's essentially a query that's refreshed each time you go to it. For a slideshow, it's best to use the smart collection to target and gather pictures, but then base the slideshow on a dumb collection.

John

Title: click-drag to change order in library or slideshow?
Post by: James R on July 07, 2009, 11:26:02 am

Quote from: wolfnowl

Or any collection for that matter.  Only in the folders...

Mike.

The ability to reorder a slideshow on the fly would be a really nice feature.  Too bad LR can't make it happen.