Disappearing thumbnails?

I've always had Event View preferences in iPhoto '08 set to 'Show Event Photos' when an event was doubleclicked. However, I've just tried to do this for an event, only for the display to go straight to the single photo in the event that was showing at the time; and not only do no thumbnails appear, but the individual larger photos can't be dragged into any albums - the only option I have is to click & drag that entire event. Is there some preference that's automatically reset itself, or do I need a bug fix...?

Two possibilities:
There's a slider on the lower right of the iPhoto Window - drag it to the left.
or
Re-Select that preference in the iPhoto Preferences. If it won't select then try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file? For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
As iPhoto 08 has been superseded by 09 I would hold out no hope for "bigfix".
Regards
TD

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