Add an option for shared link to sort files not only in alphabetical order but also by last modified

This idea has been delivered! You can now sort shared file previews by name, date modified, and size.

Hi all,

On shared folder previews, you can now sort your files by name, modified date, and size. Thanks again for sharing this idea with us. 

Cara

Dropbox Engineer

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I am often given view access to folders, that don't sync to my local Dropbox. 
I can only use the web interface for these, and the only default option is alpha by title.
Surely it's a minor DB table layout change to have clickable headings to sort.
In my case I need to sort by modified date.

If I save to my Dropbox it just takes a snapshot and doesn't live update, hence using the web interface.

Thanks

I frequently share files with a friend who is not a Dropbox user.  It would be VERY helpful for him to be able to sort by DATE in the shared folder.

How the **bleep** can this request have only 23 votes? Can I get a refund?

I was really surprised to find this functionality doesn't exist.

Why is the UI so poor when a link is shared for access?  No option to sort by date order at all?!

Please fix this - surely a quick fix to add in?

We have a global community that shares a new video file weekly on Monday.  The videos are recorded by differenty people each week but the content follows a preset order. There are dozen's of classes around the globe that access our shared folder to download the weekly video in order to share it as part of a zoom meeting with their local community. Do to different schedules local communities watch the videos in the same order but start the curriculum on different dates. As it stands the files are named with the lecturer's first-last name + content (inconsistantly).  It has become significantly more difficult to not have the ability to sort by the Date Modified column.  There are ~6 lecturers, so sorting by first name is not helpful after six months of weekly files.  The ability for a user to sort a column in a shared folder should be standard operating procedure. The the ability to set the default sort order by column is a feature the folder owner should have.  Help us to "work smarter with Dropbox"!