Thumbnail icons seem to be going AWOL this week. I’ve had a number of people asking about missing thumbnail badges, both in the Grid view and Filmstrip, so here’s the rundown of settings:
The Grid View
In the Grid view, there are 3 different styles of thumbnail, which you can cycle through using the J key on your keyboard or by going to View menu > Grid View Style.
To control the information shown on your thumbnail cells, go to View menu > View Options. There are loads of different options, so I’ve marked up their names on the thumbnail below.
The Filmstrip
The badges can also go missing in the Filmstrip. Most frequently, it’s simply because the Filmstrip is too small. If you don’t think you’ve changed any settings, try enlarging the Filmstrip by dragging the top edge.
If that doesn’t bring the badges back, go to Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac) > Preferences and select the Interface tab. The checkboxes in the Filmstrip section control the Filmstrip badges.
You can also access them by right-clicking on the Filmstrip and selecting View Options from the context-sensitive menu.
The next time your thumbnail icons go AWOL, you’ll know where to look!
My thumbnails are not showing but when i put the cursor of the mouse it indicates the file and details and it appear in the main view screen but when i scroll thru my filmstrip its not showing but its there
That’s called a tooltip. Try pressing the J key once or twice, as perhaps you’ve got the simplest thumbnails selected.
will try and update you here madam….
Still no it appears nothing in library once in developed mode it shows in centre screen only ….can i send some screen shoots which email can i send to
Sure, post them on the forum Raj at https://www.lightroomforums.net
You ROCK! That’s exactly what I needed to know! 😀
Thank you so much! This has been SUPER helpful! I was wondering what had happened but you have helped get that info back for me. You rock!
Hello Victoria,
I am glad to have found this blog post currently my thumbnail badges are missing in my filmstrip. Everything was great until I upgraded from Lightroom 5.6 to 5.7 . I have tried your suggestions and all my setting seem to be correct but my filmstrip thumbnail badges are still not there do you have any advice for a next step. Thank you for your help
Travis Lucas
Hi Travis. Is it just little black and white ones along the bottom of the thumbnail? Or the ones round the edge too? Feel free to email me a screenshot.
Victoria,
On a related matter, when I open the import dialog box and I previously had the
“destination folders” option selected, the icon for the images on the
card do not show at all, unless the “Destination” panel on the right
hand side is opened OR I switch out of “destination folders”. See the attached
screenshots and note that LR has highlighted the path to the card in both
cases. In retrospect, perhaps it should have been obvious to ensure that both
of these items work together but it caused me quite a bit of “where the
*!*% are my shots” grief until I figured it! John C
John Coveney Photography – people places & wildlife
http://www.johncoveney.ie
Hi John. I can’t see your screenshots.
Victoria, that’s odd – I can see them in the comment here. Anyway, I just sent them via a support ticket. John C
Sorry John, blame it at getting up at 3:30am for the LR launch! I was looking at the email notification, didn’t think to check the website. Doh!!! I’ll go find your ticket.