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Lightroom Web move Album out of Folder

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rctneil

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Hi,

I use Lightroom Classic but then sync Smart Previews of all my Collections to Lightroom Web in order to be able to browse my photos away from my main computer.

I have synced a number of Collections up which show up as Albums. I then made some folders in LR Web in order to give some form of organisation to them (as Collection Sets in LRC don't sync).

I have an Album that I accidentally moved to be a child of a folder but should not be in a folder and should just sit at the top level. No matter what I try, I cannot figure out how to move it out of the folder. I can move it to another folder but not out of a folder.

I'm a web developer myself and have actually built drag and drop web interfaces exactly like this myself in the past and to achieve this function, we'd normally add a sort of hover area, the full height of all the child albums to the left and dropping an item there would move it out. LR Web doesn't appear to allow this.

How can I move this Album out?

Thanks,
Neil
 
Click on the ellipsis (...) and chose ”Move To”. Navigate to the top level (Albums) and choose Move one the upper right corner of the dialog


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Click on the ellipsis (...) and chose ”Move To”. Navigate to the top level (Albums) and choose Move one the upper right corner of the dialog


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I don't seem to have an ellipsis?

There's not one on the Album in the list? There is one at the top right above the photo grid but there's no "Move" option in there weirdly?
 
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Weirdly.....drag it down, not up, i.e. drag it down below the bottom folder and you should then see all the "loose" albums highlighted as a block so just drop the album anywhere into the block and it will sort itself into the correct location.
 
Oddly none of those ideas work. Here's a video. I wish to move the "iPhone" Album out to the top level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N53YPVafiw
 
Oddly none of those ideas work. Here's a video. I wish to move the "iPhone" Album out to the top level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N53YPVafiw
That video looks to have processed now.

Any suggestions? I tried to demonstrate several methods in that video but none seem to work?
 
OK, it looks like it doesn't work when there are no "loose" albums as per your setup. So create a (temporary) album, which will slot into position below all the folders. Then you should be able to open the folder and drag the target album down to that "loose" album where it should be highlighted when you hover over it. Release to drop should then work.
 
OK, it looks like it doesn't work when there are no "loose" albums as per your setup. So create a (temporary) album, which will slot into position below all the folders. Then you should be able to open the folder and drag the target album down to that "loose" album where it should be highlighted when you hover over it. Release to drop should then work.
Perfect!

That works! Looks like a strange edge case scenario to me. Thanks all!
 
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