Today’s Question: I upgraded to the latest Lightroom Classic and now the icons which indicated crop and adjustments are no longer at the bottom of the photos. I use this to keep track of my edits. Do you have any ideas why this is happening?
Tim’s Quick Answer: You can enable the badges you’re referring to in the Library View Options dialog for the grid view or in the Preferences dialog for the thumbnail filmstrip on the bottom panel.
More Detail: The small icons that appear at the bottom-right corner of thumbnails for some images are referred to as badges. They indicate the status of various features, such as whether an image has been cropped or whether adjustments have been applied in the Develop module, among others.
I haven’t seen any issue with an upgrade to Lightroom Classic causing these badges to be disabled, but it is easy to enable them again regardless.
For the grid view in the main image preview area, go to the menu and choose View > View Options. Go to the Grid View tab, and make sure the “Show Grid Extras” checkbox is turned on. Then also make sure that the “Thumbnail Badges” checkbox in the Cell Icons section is turned on. Then close the dialog, and you’ll have the thumbnail badges again in the grid view.
For the thumbnails on the filmstrip on the bottom panel, go to the Edit menu on Windows or the Lightroom Classic menu on Macintosh and choose “Preferences”. Go to the Interface tab and turn on the “Show badges” checkbox in the Filmstrip section. You can then close the dialog and you’ll have the badge icons restored on the thumbnails on the filmstrip.
If you’re curious about the meaning of these badge icons, by the way, there’s a post that explains them on the GreyLearning blog here:
https://greylearningblog.com/meaning-of-thumbnail-badge-icons-in-lightroom-classic/
