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5 - Library Module Panels

The Catalog panel contains your catalog, which is probably in My Pictures or Pictures on your hard drive, in a folder called Lightroom.

There are up to five shortcuts under this catalog.

Click to see all of your photographs

Use the Quick Collection shortcut to make a temporary collection.

There are several ways to add photographs to the Quick Collection shortcut.

On Tool Bar?	No
Keyboard Shortcuts	b
Right Click Menu	Select Add to Quick Collection
Menu on Top of the Screen	No
On Thumbnail Border?	Click the tiny circle in the top right corner of the thumbnail. The circle is on the image, not on the gray area.
Other & Related Methods	• Click and hold on a thumbnail or image, and drag it to the Quick Collection shortcut. This can be done in both the Grid and Loupe views.

When viewing the Quick Collection, do one of the following to delete a photograph from the Quick Collection.

On Tool Bar?	No
Keyboard Shortcuts	b
Right Click Menu	Select Remove from Quick Collection
Menu on Top of the Screen	No
On Thumbnail Border?	Click the tiny circle in the top right corner of the thumbnail. The circle is on the image, not on the gray area.
Other & Related Methods	–

Do the following to show, save, or clear a Quick Collection.

On Tool Bar?	No
Keyboard Shortcuts	Show = Ctrl + b Save = Ctrl + Alt + b Clear = Ctrl + Shift + b
Right Click Menu	Right click on the Quick Collection shortcut in the Catalog panel
Menu on Top of the Screen	Under File
On Thumbnail Border?	–
Other & Related Methods	–

When you're using a target collection, Quick Collection is inoperable.

Click to see your last import.

This shortcut appears when you're importing, and some of the photographs have already been imported.

This shortcut appears after exporting as a catalog.