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Lightroom Classic 15.3 · Fixed bug

Secondary grid window ignores f and escape shortcuts

Fixed in Lightroom Classic 15.5, according to Adobe’s release notes. The bug was reported for Lightroom Classic 15.3.

Status
Fixed in 15.5
Severity
Minor
Affects
Specific feature
System
Windows and macOS

The fix · Lightroom Classic 15.5

“For the secondary window set in Grid view, keyboard shortcuts such as F (fullscreen), Escape (exit fullscreen), or Shift + G (set grid view) don't work.”
Adobe’s release notes

Workaround · if you stay on Lightroom Classic 15.3

Switch away from Lightroom with Cmd+Tab once, then secondary grid shortcuts work until the next restart.

Timeline

  1. May 3, 2026Reported on Lightroom Classic 15.3
  2. Aug 4, 2026Fixed in Lightroom Classic 15.5per Adobe’s release notes

The report

0 votes · 6 replies

Reported on Windows by 1 person, on macOS by 3 (from the report and 6 replies).

“P: Secondary window is in grid view, it doesn’t always respond to the keyboard shortcuts “f”, Escape, or Shift+g”

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