Rearranging photos in grid view

Mac OS 10.5.6 Lightroom 2.2 Camera RAW 5.12
My understanding is that photos cannot be rearranged in grid view in the parent folder. However, in a sub-folder to the parent folder it is possible to rearrange photos. I have several folders in the exact same hierarchy level inside a parent folder. All photos in all folder can be rearranged into user order except the photos in one folder in the same hierarchy level as the other folder mentioned above. It was previously possible to rearrange photos in this folder but now it is not. The only change is that I have imported some photos into Lightroom from a sub-folder to this folder where the photos cannot be sorted into user order. So the folder in question has NOT changed in the hierarchy level order, but a sub-folder to this folder has become part of the Lightroom library with new imports. How the heck can this import lock the photos in the folder and prevent them form being sorted (if this is what is causing the lock issue)? I would really appreciate some help since rearranging and sort photos is a main function of editing and organizing. This is an extremely annoying feature of Lightroom that hopefully will be corrected soon.
Please advice on how I can unlock the photos in this folder and sort them in user order

Remove the subfolder after lifting the images up into one folder is another solution.

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Crashes upon rearranging photos in grid view

3.5, and also happened in 2.7. I don't remember before that. Dell Precision with Windows 7 Pro 64x, 4Gb RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M.
When I do a lot of rearranging (more than a few), by dragging the thumbnails to another place, frequently LR crashes and gives two errors (7 times last night over the course of an hour). When I dismiss the first, the second shows up. Normally when I drag, I see the stack of images moving with the cursor. When it errors, the cursor moves a certain distance but I don't see the stack. This is extremely annoying but I don't know how to fix it.
mfc100u.dll then
ntdll.dll
And I have to close LR and start over.
In the Windows application event log:
Log Name:
Application
Source:
Application Error
Date:
10/10/2011 12:36:40 AM
Event ID:
1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
Description:
Faulting application name: lightroom.exe, version: 3.5.0.10, time stamp: 0x4e71c610
Faulting module name: mfc100u.dll, version: 10.0.30319.1, time stamp: 0x4ba237b6
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000002448b8
Faulting process id: 0x1238
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc871e3b2477c3
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5\lightroom.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\mfc100u.dll
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Application
Source:
Application Error
Date:
10/10/2011 12:36:47 AM
Event ID:
1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
Description:
Faulting application name: lightroom.exe, version: 3.5.0.10, time stamp: 0x4e71c610
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7c8f9
Exception code: 0xc0150010
Fault offset: 0x000000000006f892
Faulting process id: 0x1238
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc871e3b2477c3
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5\lightroom.exe
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I'm having the same issue just now, any chance you remember what fixed it?

How to rearrange single photo in grid view

This seems like a silly question, but my library was imported and one photo out of 1000 shows up at the beginning in the grid view. I'd like to move it to the correct chronological location so it fits in with all the the others.
I can't figure out how to select a single photo and reinsert it into another location in the grid or filmstrip.
What is the easiest way to complete this operation? Seems to me I should be able to select it and simply drag the image...
The help file seems to show only global methods for rearranging order. I want to manually move a few images around.

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How to rearrange single photo in grid view
dkindler - 03:33pm Jul 8, 2007 Pacific
This seems like a silly question, but my library was imported and one photo out of 1000 shows up at the beginning in the grid view. I'd like to move it to the correct chronological location so it fits in with all the the others.
I can't figure out how to select a single photo and reinsert it into another location in the grid or filmstrip.
What is the easiest way to complete this operation? Seems to me I should be able to select it and simply drag the image...
The help file seems to show only global methods for rearranging order. I want to manually move a few images around.
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DonRicklin - 9:53am Sep 12, 07 PST (#14 of 17)
Drag from center of image not frame, if you aren't doing so already.
Don
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birgit ha - 9:57pm Sep 20, 07 PST (#15 of 17)
I use LR 1.2 on a mac. I can arrange/drag photos when they are in library in all photographs, quick collection.
As soon as I put them in the categories/keyword tags (in library) I can"t sort them anymore. Sort by user, drag them from center..... nothing works.
anybody can help??!!! pretty frustrating..
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DonRicklin - 4:16am Sep 21, 07 PST (#16 of 17)
User order only works in Folder or Collection (including Quick Collection) Views. And only the lowest (non Parent) level unless Menu/Library/Include Photos from Subitems is unchecked.
Don
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birgit ha - 7:57pm Apr 8, 08 PST (#17 of 17)
Lightroom does not open from the dock or out of applications (directly). I only have the lightroom bar on the top of the screen. It allows me manually to select a catalog that I want to open but then I get the message "an error occured when attempting to change modules and a blank lightroom opens.
Sometimes I am able to create a new catalog but as soon as I close LR and want to open it again the next day or an hour later everything is gone/cannot open LR again.
I tried to reinstall LR. No change.
I am using Lightroom 1.3.1 on a Mac Book Pro 10.4.11
Hope somebody can help!!!

LR won't load photos from Grid view

Had this problem in 1.2 - uploaded 1.3 but no change.
I just loaded over 2000 pictures into LR from a vacation, and now, when I click on a picture from the Grid in Library mode to try to open it, it hangs up, on the bottom of the screen the message "Rendering - File Changed" keeps appearing, and the Histogram flashes on & off. If I try to click on anything in Develop mode, the pciture hangs up, showing "Loading", and both side panels are flashing on & off.
LR had not been doing this until today.
And what is really odd is that it does not exhibit this behavior on ALL photos - but on a majority of them. In some cases, but not all, I had made some changes to the pic in LR, and when I made the changes that file was opening. But now it is not. But whether the file opens is random with respect to my having opened the file previously.
Using LR on an iMac, OS - X 10.4.11.

GP-
I'd move to 1.3.1 for starters, then select a subfolder of the 2000 images and run "build previews" on it. See it that doesn't fix it; if it does, run same on all.

Is there any way to get keywords to show up in grid view?

Being able to see the keywords assigned to each photo in grid view would be incredibly helpful to me for managing my photos and videos as I add new keywords. Just seeing the "this photo has keywords" tag does not help. I need to see the actual keywords, without having to click on each individual photo to see them.

There is no way at present. It was conidered a long time back, but trying to show kywords on a postage stamp wasn't deemed good use of engineering time. An alterntive similar to the Bridge Metadata layout (configurable table view) has been suggested a few times, but I've not seen anything to indicate that it got much traction.

Mass update of Title in grid view not working

I am currently using Lightroom 5.6. Previously I was able to select multiple photos in grid view in the LIbrary module and change all of the photo titles to the same title. Now this procedure does not seem to work. It changes the title of only the first photo in the selection.
Please suggest a procedure to accomplish this.

Make sure Metadata > Show Metadata For Target Photo Only is unchecked.

In Lightroom 3 I am in Library mode in the Grid View and need to rearrange images, but it is not allowing me to move them.

In Lightroom 3 I am in Library mode in the Grid View and need to rearrange images, but it is not allowing me to move them.

I don't do a lot of dragging to custom arrange my images. But the custom order is right at the bottom of the list of sort orders on my computer.
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I can't see my photo's on the grid view

help please!
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Hi,
Please try right clicking the image and select Update Thumbnail.
If the problem still persists, please go to the location of catalog folder mentioned in Help > System Info
Rename the thumb.5.cache file to thumb.5.cache.old and now relaunch the application.
Please note if the file size is large, application will take some time in generating thumbnail.
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Anwesha

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In iPhoto 11, I want to rearrange photos within Events, however, when I go to view>sort by the 'Manual' option is gray. What do I need to do to be able to manually rearrange photos?
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Photos cannot be arranged manually in Events. Create an album of the Event and do the manual arrangement there.
OT

Cannot move photos via drag and drop (library grid view)

I've seen several adobe tutorials and youtube videos that show moving photos or folders by drag and drop in the library grid view. I cannot get it to work.
Steps:
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3. Mouseup on the destination folder
Results:
Nothing happens. The mouse cursor doesn't change from the arrow. There is no indication I can drag and drop. The photos are not moved.
The photos are stored on a NAS. Of course I can move them around via Windows Explorer, but I want to do this from inside LR4 for obvious reasons. From LR4, I can create new folders, but I still cannot move photos into those folders. I also tried creating a new folder on a local drive. Again, I was able to create the folders, but was not able to move any photos into the folder.
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I created a new catalog. Imported a folder on my C drive, created a subfolder, and successfully moved photos into the subfolder.
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This is a silly question, but I cannot fix it! The icons that appear on my photos after I edit them, have gone away. The only way I can see them is in the Grid view. How can I get the icons back on the thumbnail photos of the full gallery that is loaded?

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How can I compare two collections at the same time? (View two grid views)

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