

Our pointer will change to a double arrow icon. We can resize the window by moving our mouse to the edge of the window. Return to Normal screen mode. As we stated in the last section, Lightroom is shown in an application window in this screen mode.

See a full screen preview of a selected image by pressing F on your keyboard. Press Shift+Tab once or twice to show all panels.

Go to Window>Screen Mode>Next Screen Mode to go from one screen mode to the next. In addition to the screen modes to alter the appearance of your workspace, you can also: This puts Lightroom in Full Screen mode, but hides all the panels. You can also choose Full Screen and Hide Panels, as pictured below. The Menu bar is hidden in this mode. Also, you are unable to see your Windows task bar in this mode. You will be able to see your Windows task bar below the Lightroom window. Next, let's look at Full Screen with Menubar.Īs you can see above, this screen mode makes the workspace take up the entire screen. The menu bar goes across the top of the screen. In the snapshot above, you can see the four screen modes listed. They are Normal, Full Screen with Menubar, Full Screen, and Full Screen Preview.īelow is a snapshot of Normal screen mode. The workspace appears inside an application window. To toggle between screen modes, go to Window>Screen Mode. Lightroom 5 allows you to toggle between four different screen modes. In this article, we are going to talk more about the workspace, including how you can customize it to fit your needs.
