Whether the cat walked over the keyboard, the toddler pressed random keys, or simply, the result can be part of Lightroom’s interface going missing.
These are the most frequent mishaps:
The minimize/maximize/close buttons are gone!
If the window buttons at the top of the screen are missing, and you can no longer move the Lightroom window around, you’re in one of the full-screen modes. Press Ctrl-Alt-F (Windows) / Cmd-Opt-F (Mac), or to go Window menu > Screen Mode > Normal.
Everything’s gone black!
If everything goes black apart from the photos, you’ve hit the L key and enabled Lights Out mode. Press the L key once or twice until everything reappears.
Or if only one large photo fills the screen, you’re likely in Full-Screen view. Press F or Escape to cancel.
My Toolbar is missing
If the toolbar under the photo, which contains the view mode buttons and sort order in the Library module goes missing, then you’ve accidentally pressed the T key. Press it again to make the toolbar reappear.
My Filters are missing
If the filters at the top of the Grid view are missing, you’ve pressed the key. Press it again!
My panel is missing!
If a left-hand side panel goes missing, for example, the Folders panel in the Library module, go to Window menu > Panels and click on the panel’s name to enable it. You can also right-click on a panel header (in the gray space next to the panel name) to show the context-sensitive menu and put a checkmark against the name of the missing panel.
If a right-hand panel goes missing in Develop, right-click on one of the other panel headers, click Customize, then tick the box next to the name of the missing panel. You can change the order of the panels here too.
There’s writing in the corner of my photo!
If the Info overlay is showing in the top left corner of the photo, press the I key once or twice to hide it.
There are red and blue marks all over my photo!
If there are red or blue patches on photos in the Develop module, you’ve turned on the clipping warnings. Press the J key to disable them.
My pins are missing!
If you are using the Masking tool, and your existing adjustments aren’t displaying their pins, you’ve press the H key to hide them. Press it again to show them, or select Always or Auto in the Show Edit Pins pop-up in the toolbar. The same applies in the Remove tool, but the pop-up is in the Remove panel.
My photo’s gone red
If you’re using Masking and the picture goes red, green, white, or black, you’ve pressed the O key. Press the O key again to disable the mask overlay or toggle the checkbox in the toolbar.
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