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Roadster1024
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Txt files now open in preview mode instead of the Dropbox Text Editor directly

My files are created as plain .txt files. In the past they would open directly with the Dropbox Text Editor as I had selected the Dropbox Text Editor as the default in the phone app. Now the files ...
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Hannah
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Hey Roadster1024, thanks for taking the time to post here.

 

We want to let you know that we really appreciate your feedback about this change.

 

I will make sure to pass your comments along to our developers.

 

If you need anything else, please let us know.

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Psychosys
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
I would like to second this request to have an option to turn off the preview mode for text files. I also edit a lot of text files in Dropbox daily, and I don't appreciate the extra step to do so (especially for something for which I pay real money). Hoping this 'feature' can be changed or disabled very soon, or I may have to consider alternatives to Dropbox and take my money elsewhere.
Thanks much,
Joshua

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