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Ipad and Iphone viewing of long file names
Our company is having the issue that on the mobile app (using the ipad or iphone) often times the file name is too long to properly view what we are opening. I want to be able to read the entire file...
Well, bugger me, Dropbox has finally fixed this with the latest update. I thought to re-check this today after the latest change, and straight away could see the filenames are displayed differently. The font is smaller, and the filename is truncated in the middle, so I can read the start of the file name, but also the end which is (with my file-naming convention), typically the differentiator. But the kicker is what happens with the display pane. It is now possible to close that — there’s a small “x” in the top left corner of the display/preview pane — and once that closes, the left pane with the file names expands to full screen view! And voila! I can now see the full long file names. Dropbox: THAT is the way to take advantage of the larger screen on an iPad, especially the 12.9” model. I’m still annoyed it took so long to remedy, but thank you for finally doing it.
Wow. I thought I was just being technology challenged with the long file name issue (by long file name... I don't mean long... just anything over, say, 12 characters).
This really is weird that it's not fixed. :|
I did have a look at that Readdle app mentioned, but looks like you need to download a bunch of things - generally I avoid that preferring to use online. Oh well. So much for trying to use my iPad for everything :)
I found this thread after getting extremely aggravated trying to quickly find a Dropbox file on my iPad. After reading all of the comments and coming to the realization that there is no fix for this seemingly simple to fix problem (and it doesn't look like anyone at Dropbox cares), I found an app called 'File Manager' and it's free. It worked for displaying my full dropbox file names. Not sure it would work for a business but, for a personal user, it did the trick. It's sad that Dropbox is forcing us to go to third party applications instead of just fixing the problem.
We are having the same issue some of you have been having for years. Dropbox what's the word?
I think the short to medium term solution is the new Files app in iOS 11. :)
https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-11-preview/
(edit to add: As an immediate bandaid fix, I suggest Readdle's Documents app.)
