Manage panels and the screen view

You can customize the Lightroom workspace by displaying only the panels you want or by hiding some or of all the panels to maximize the display of your photo.

Open or close a panel

Click the panel header. To open or close all panels in a group, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a panel name.

Open or close one panel at a time

Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) on a panel header and choose Solo mode, or Alt-click on a panel header.

Solo mode applies independently to a set of panels. The triangle in the panel header is solid when not in Solo mode.

Scroll through a group of panels

Drag the scrollbar or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Show or hide panel groups

To show or hide a single panel group, click the Show/Hide Panel Group icon . A solid icon indicates the panel group is showing.
To show or hide both side panel groups, choose Window > Panels > Toggle Side Panels, or press the Tab key.
To hide all panels, including side panels, the Filmstrip, and Module Picker, choose Window > Panels > Toggle All Panels, or press Shift-Tab.

Set how panel groups show or hide automatically

Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the outside edge of the panel group (beyond the scrollbar) and then choose an option:

Auto Hide & Show: Displays the panel as you move the pointer to the outside edge of the application window. Hides the panel as you move the pointer away from the panel.
Auto Hide: Hides the panel as you move the pointer away from the panel. You must open the panel manually.
Manual: Turns off automatic show/hide behavior.

Resize the width of a panel group

Move the pointer over the inside edge of a panel group, and when the pointer becomes a double-arrow, drag the panel.

Remove or restore a panel from a group

If you don’t use a panel often, you can remove it from view.

Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) on any panel header in the group, and then choose the panel name.

Change the Lightroom screen mode

You can change the screen display to hide the title bar, or the title bar and the menus. In Mac OS, the dock is also hidden.

Choose Window > Screen Mode, and then choose an option. You can also press the F key to cycle through the three options.

Maximize the image and hide the panels

Press Shift-Ctrl-F (Windows) or Shift-Command-F (Mac OS).

To restore all panels, press Shift-Tab and then the F key.

Turn off all settings in a panel

You can temporarily turn off all the settings in a panel of the Develop module or the filtering in the Filmstrip.

Click the Panel On/Off icon

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Manage panels and the screen view