Today’s Question: Information such as star ratings and color labels appears in both the grid view and the filmstrip in Lightroom Classic. Can I turn these items off for the grid view to reduce clutter?
Tim’s Quick Answer: Yes, for the most part you can choose whether to have icons such as star ratings and status badges for the grid view and filmstrip appear on only one of them, none of them, or both of them.
More Detail: There are separate options for configuring the information displayed along with thumbnails for both the grid view and the filmstrip on the bottom panel in Lightroom Classic, which enables you to configure these two thumbnail displays independent of each other. The only exception is the color label tint option, for which the same setting will always affect both the grid view and the filmstrip.
If you want to adjust the settings for the grid view, go to the menu and choose View > View Options. In the Library View Options dialog go to the Grid View tab, and adjust the settings based on your preference. In addition to choosing between Compact Cells and Expanded Cells, you can also choose what information is displayed with the thumbnails. This mostly revolves around checkboxes that enable you to enable or disable the display of specific icons or attributes.
If you want to adjust the settings for the filmstrip on the bottom panel, from the menu choose Edit > Preferences on Windows or Lightroom Classic > Preferences on Macintosh. Go to the Interface tab and adjust the checkbox settings in the Filmstrip section based on your preference.
As noted above, the exception is the color tint for color labels. This option causes the frame around each thumbnail to reflect the color of the color label assigned to each image. The setting for this option is found in the Library View Options dialog (View > View Options) in the Options section of the Grid View tab. However, toggling the “Tint grid cells with label colors” checkbox will affect both the grid view and the filmstrip, so there isn’t a way to have the color tint for one but not the other.
