Lightroom - all bars gone

[Peter_S]

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Hi!
Since I switched to Mac I have one problem with Lightroom CC: Sometimes all side menus/bars disappear. This never happened in the windows version.
Any idea how to undo this?

 

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Edited August 30, 2017 by Peter_S

[Luke_Miller]

On Windows Control-Shift-F toggles this mode

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[Peter_S]

Hi Luke, is that not starting full screen mode? Mine is different - the image size does not change, just all menus go away...
 

[Reeray]

Take the cursor to the extreme right and left. You'll see an arrow. Click to display menu bars

[Peter_S]

Hi! Yes, I do this frequently - but again, this is different. Its black, even when clicking the menu bars arrows....

[pico]

When Photoshop gets confused, we reset the preferences.

Here is how to do the same in Lightroom.

[Reeray]

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Try menu bar>window>lights on

Edited August 30, 2017 by Reeray

[Peter_S]

Hi again! Again, the lights/on/off feature is something I use regularly.
Hm, I may reset everything, as pico suggested. Thanks all for input!

[Reeray]

Hope you sort it. Good luck

[Bart D]

Shift + Tab?

[Exodies]

I've seen this but can't remember if I switched modules (library to develop) or rebooted or restarted Lightroom.

[Peter_S]

Shift + Tab did not work (just had this happening again). Only restart LR helps. Stange ....

[Bart D]

I found a help topic on the Adobe site:  https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/workspace-basics.html

 

this part perhaps:  

Set how panel groups show or hide automatically

 

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the outside edge of the panel group (beyond the scroll bar) 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.

Sync With Opposite Panel

Applies the same hide/show panel behavior to the left and right panels or to the top and bottom panels.

 

Plus I found a reference to this behaviour as a bug, but in LRCC2015.8.

https://www.lightroomforums.net/threads/lightroom-panels-disappearing.29877/

 

Is your LR up to date? (2015.12)