Today’s Question: During one of your presentations you restarted Lightroom Classic, and the dialog came up asking if you were sure you wanted to quit. I had turned on the checkbox so that dialog wouldn’t come up in the future. Is there any reason you don’t disable that alert?
Tim’s Quick Answer: The only reason I don’t disable the confirmation dialog for quitting Lightroom Classic is that I sometimes accidentally press the keyboard shortcut for quitting the application when I’m presenting, and that would interrupt the flow of my presentation more than seeing the dialog and clicking the Cancel button.
More Detail: In Lightroom Classic many of the alert dialogs that appear under various circumstances include a “Don’t show again” checkbox. If you turn on the checkbox, that particular dialog won’t appear again in the future, unless you later click the “Reset all warning dialogs” button on the General tab of the Preferences dialog.
For some of the dialogs I don’t recommend using the “Don’t show again” option. For example, if you drag selected photos or folders to a different location in the Folders list on the left panel in the Library module you’ll see an alert asking if you’re sure you want to move the photos. Because it is relatively easy to accidentally drop photos on the wrong destination folder, however, I recommend keeping that alert disabled so you can hopefully recognize situations where you dropped on the wrong destination and can click the Cancel button before dragging to the correct destination.
In concept I don’t feel the need for the confirmation dialog when I use a keyboard shortcut to quit Lightroom Classic. However, because I am often demonstrating Lightroom Classic (or other applications) during a presentation or workshop, I prefer to have the confirmation dialog appear. That’s because I’m often using a lot of different keyboard shortcuts when presenting, and sometimes accidentally press the shortcut for quitting the application when I didn’t intend to.
If there are dialogs you don’t feel you need to see, you can certainly disable them. And if you later change your mind, you can click the “Reset all warning dialogs” button on the General tab of the Preferences dialog.
