LR 3.2 crashes randomly when using keyword sorting

Question

Anyone else have this problem?   When I use the right arrow select to sort using keywords, LR crashes and shuts down.  Any suggestions on what to do to prevent this?

Answer 1

When you use the "right-arrow" keyword filtering, Lightroom actually takes you to "All Photographs" and enables the Library filter with the keyword you have clicked selected in the filter. In other words, it's the Library filter that crashes your Lightroom, not the fact that you click the "right arrow".
I've seen many threads reporting Library Filter crashes:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2986231?tstart=0#2986231
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2954754#2954754
This started in LR 3.0 and was not fixed in LR 3.2. No fixes or workarounds have been found by other users, but the bottom-line seems to be that some images have some corrupt metadata that the Library Filter cannot "swallow". Some users were able to use the filter in certain folders, but never in others (that presumably have pics with "bad" metadata).
Try to enable the Library Filter with filtering by keywords in some of your top-level folders to check if it works in all/some/none.
I would advice all users that can consistently reproduce Library Filter crashes, file bug reports and send their catalogs with a clear description of the problem and steps to reproduce to the Adobe team ([email protected]) for inspection and possibly future fixes.