Missing Minimize / Maximize / Close Buttons

Lightroom has several screen modes. You can cycle through them by pressing the F key. Two of the modes (Full Screen and Full Screen with Menu) hide the minimize, maximize and close buttons at the top of the application window. You’d be surprised how many people “lose” them and have trouble getting out of Lightroom.

So, if yours are missing pressing F will cycle you back to Standard Screen Mode eventually or you can jump right to it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt+F.

Posted by Rob Sylvan @ 25 April 2007 13 comments

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Nov 13, 2008
7:04 am

#1 Ed Hammock :

Thank you so much, I’ve just ‘found my buttons’ Sadly long gone are the days when if you spent the money to buy a piece of software you got a ‘Bible’ of a manual for bed time reading!!!

Apr 27, 2009
9:43 pm

#2 Ray Rippel :

Wow. I’m embarrassed, but not so much not to be grateful. Thanks!

May 18, 2010
2:13 pm

#3 Ed :

Thank you my friend!

Aug 21, 2010
5:34 am

#4 John :

Thanks for this, basic if you know how, but a pain if you don’t, once again thenks

Nov 1, 2010
6:53 pm

#5 laanba :

Ugh. Thank you so much. I’ve been frustrated for more than a day because of this. I need to say a big Homer Simpson D’oh because I obviously hit the F key by accident.

Nov 2, 2010
8:54 am

#6 Lui04 :

Thank you

Dec 31, 2010
11:45 am

#7 Tom :

Thanks. Saved me a huge headache trying to figure that out. And it was so simple. Last time that happened I was on a call with Apple tech support and I was reinstalling stuff. And all I had to do was press the F key. Unbelievable.

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