Star rating without Shift

Hello, is it possible to assign star rating to photos without being obliged to hit the shift key (on a laptop) when selecting 1,2,3...?
For the moment, each time I want to rate a photo I need to hit the Shift key in addition which is not very comfortable when rating a large number of photos.
Any info helps...

You are spot on. I am in France, using a French keyboard (where the numbers indeed are done with Shift...).
Adobe Bridge realizes that and allows me (in full screen) not to hit Shift (nor Cmd)... Lightroom not... yet (I suppose :-)
Having investigated a bit on different topics I realize that I could do the star rating right on with Lightroom Mobile on my iPhone (and then sync back), that's even easier.
Just tried it out... it works perfectly (for one photo). Now, trying to have that applied to several.
I saw your blog on that topic and will try out the sync software...
Thanks for the great insight

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