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Forum Discussion
Sequential ordering of photos within an Album
Is it possible to rearrange the ordering or listing of the photos in an Album such that they will be viewed in the Dropbox Photo Viewer in a specific sequence?
(This may be important for the development of an idea, the life-cycle of a pet, progressive schooling of a child, or the time-sequenced construction of a house, etc.)
Seems that when I create the Album and add photos to it, the order in which they appear in the Photo Viewer is random.
Can this display sequence be altered by means of title, date captured,, date added to Album, etc.?
With thanks, Richard R.
No, "albums" are just lists of files you select and the list is sorted by date.
When viewed in the file section of Dropbox they do appear in filename sequence. But when viewed them in the Photo album area of Dropbox they are in a random sequence and do not appear in any date or file name sequence. Any work around ?
- Mark
Super User II
Rename the files.
BUT remember that Carousel etc. is being closed down soon so albums made with that will stop working
Graig, You may be confusing an "album" with a "folder" - they are not the same. Files live in folders where you may rename them and see a different order. Albums are sets of pointers to files (not the files themselves) and their order is the "Timeline."
No.
Is there a way to add a comment to a photo in an album?
Dianne G., apparently not... going to try to revise the creation/modification date in the photos metadata to get them in the right order, but what a hassle...
Why can't I even see the file name? If I want to load a file from an album into Photo Shop, it is such a MAJOR hassle!
