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Alexey S.2's avatar
Alexey S.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Sort by name, folders first

Lately my sorting has been screwed up on web version of Dropbox. My files & folders are sorted alphabetically. What I really want is sorting by name, grouping by kind so that folders are displayed first (sorted by name) followed by files sorted by name. Please advise me on how to do that? Thanks

  • Alphabetical sorting of files and folders on a Mac is a personal preference. OS X provides an option to the user to keep the folders on top.

    Regadless of the platform or application, the user should always have this option.

     

    [This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]

  • DaveC2's avatar
    DaveC2
    New member | Level 1

    Ahhhhh thats a interesting bit of info, I would agree with you, they must be detecting the browser type and assuming mac users want mac formating.

  • joff h.'s avatar
    joff h.
    New member | Level 1

    Same problem here. I have Windows 10 on an HP and the sort order when looking at Dropbox on the Web is "all folders and files together" in name order: I would also much prefer to see folders first like in Windows File Manager! I have raised the issue with Dropbox through feeback and bee brushed off.

  • Armand B.'s avatar
    Armand B.
    New member | Level 1

    Same, please fix this for Macbook users, folders first grouped together alphabetically, then files.

     

     

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