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Resize the width of a panel group, Remove or restore a panel from a group, Change the lightroom screen mode – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC User Manual

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Resize the width of a panel group

Move the pointer over the inside edge of a panel group, and when the pointer becomes a double-arrow, drag the
panel.

Remove or restore a panel from a group

If you don’t use a panel often, you can hide it from view.

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) on any panel header in the group, and then choose the panel
name.

Change the Lightroom screen mode

You can change the screen display to hide the title bar; the title bar and the menus; or the title bar, menus, and panels.

• Choose Window > Screen Mode, and then choose an option.

• When in Normal, Full Screen With Menubar, or Full Screen mode, press the F key to cycle through those three

modes.

• Press Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) or Command+Option+F (Mac OS) to switch to Normal screen mode from Full Screen

With Menubar or Full Screen mode.

• Press Shift+Ctrl+F (Windows) or Shift+Command+F (Mac OS) to enter Full Screen And Hide Panels mode, which

hides the title bar, menus, and panels.

• When in Full Screen And Hide Panels screen mode, press Shift-Tab and then the F key to display the panels and

menu bar.

Note: Full Screen mode and Full Screen And Hide Panels mode in Mac OS hide the Dock. If you start Lightroom and do
not see the Minimize, Maximize, or Close buttons for the application, press the F key once or twice until they appear.

Turn off all settings in a panel

You can temporarily turn off all the settings in a panel of the Develop module or the filtering in the Filmstrip.

Click the Panel On/Off icon

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Dim or hide the Lightroom interface

Use Lights Out to dim or black out the Lightroom interface so that your photo stands out on screen.

Choose Window > Lights Out and then choose an option. You can press the L key to cycle through the three options.

Customize Lights Out in the Interface Preferences by specifying the dim level and screen color.

The toolbar

You can hide the toolbar or customize it in the Library and Develop modules to include the items you need.

Show controls in the Library module toolbar

Depending on which view is active in the Library module, the toolbar contains controls for browsing photos, applying
metadata, starting an impromptu slide show, rotating photos, and applying ratings, flags, or labels. The toolbar Info box
displays the filename of the selected photo.

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To show controls in the toolbar, choose any of the following from the toolbar pop-up menu:

View Modes

Lets you select Grid View, Loupe View, Compare View, or Survey View.