Bridge

Select and manage workspaces

A Bridge workspace is a certain configuration or layout of panels. You can select either a preconfigured workspace or a custom workspace that you have previously saved.

By saving various Bridge workspaces, you can work in (and quickly switch between) different layouts. For instance, you might use one workspace to sort new photos and another to work with footage files from an After Effects composition.

Select a workspace

 Do one of the following:

  • Choose Window > Workspace, and then choose the desired workspace.

  • Click one of the workspace buttons (Default, Horizontal Filmstrip, or Metadata Focus) at the bottom of the Bridge window.

    To assign a different workspace to a button, click and hold the button, and choose the desired workspace.
Workspace buttons

Default workspaces

Bridge provides several preconfigured workspaces:

Default
Displays the Favorites, Folders, Filter, Content, Preview, Metadata, and Keywords panels.

Light Table
Displays only the Content panel.

File Navigator
Displays the Content panel in Thumbnails view, along with the Favorites and Folders panels.

Metadata Focus
Displays the Content panel in Thumbnails view, along with the Keywords, Metadata, and Favorites panels.

Horizontal or Vertical Filmstrip
Displays thumbnails in a scrolling, horizontal or vertical row (in the Content panel) along with a preview of the currently selected item (in the Preview panel).

Note: In Mac OS, pressing Command+F5 to invoke the Filmstrip workspace starts Mac OS VoiceOver by default. To invoke the Filmstrip workspace by using the keyboard shortcut, you must first disable the VoiceOver shortcut in Mac OS Keyboard Shortcuts preferences. For instructions, see Mac OS Help.

Save the current Bridge layout as a workspace

  1. Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.
  2. Enter a name for the workspace, select workspace options in the Save Workspace dialog box, and then click Save.

Delete or restore workspaces

 Choose Window > Workspace, and then choose one of the following commands:
Delete Workspace
Deletes the saved workspace. Choose the workspace from the Workspace menu in the Delete Workspace dialog box, and click Delete.

Reset To Default Workspace
Restores the workspace to the default configuration.