Today’s Question: Can you ask Adobe to add this: Set the up and down arrows for flag and unflag (like BreezeBrowser) so we can scroll through images and flag with one hand?
Tim’s Quick Answer: You can already reassign keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom Classic using a plug-in, though I do think it would be great if Adobe added this option natively.
More Detail: While you can change keyboard shortcut assignments in Photoshop, doing so is currently not a feature in Lightroom Classic. However, you can use the Any Shortcut plugin (https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/anyshortcut.htm) for Lightroom Classic to change any of the keyboard shortcuts, including the ability to assign the up-arrow key to the Pick flag and the down-arrow key to “Unpick” (or Reject if you prefer). You could similarly change other keyboard shortcuts to better suit your workflow.
The Any Shortcut plugin makes it possible to change any existing keyboard shortcut, and it is relatively easy to use. This provides a great improvement over the process of mapping keyboard shortcuts through the operating system, and is a huge improvement over the process of manually making changes to the TranslatedStrings file that stores keyboard shortcuts for Lightroom Classic.
There is a 30-day free trial available for Any Shortcut, and if you like the plugin, you can buy a license for US$9.99. Learn more about the details of Any Shortcut (and how to install and use it) on the developer’s website here:
https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/anyshortcut.htm
