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TaylorKrusen
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6 years ago

Feedback: The Embedder Launched in Preview

New feature alert! Dropbox is previewing a new pre-built component called the File and Folder Embedder. Simply paste a JavaScript snippet into your code and you’ve added the ability to turn Dropbox shared links into interactive, embedded previews. It’s never been easier to provide your users with the ability to view and interact directly with their Dropbox files and folders. You can read more about the Embedder on our developer blog or the Embedder documentation. 
 
We want your feedback! While in the Preview phase, we’re actively adding enhancements, new controls, and new supported filetypes to the Embedder.
 
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  • jw01's avatar
    jw01
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Hi Taylor,

     

    Is it possible to hide certain elements in the Embedder such as "Edited X Months Ago"? Is styling of the Embedder through custom CSS a possibility?

     

    Cheers,

    Jeremy

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    jw01 No, Dropbox doesn't offer a way to do customization/styling in the Embedder like that, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. Thanks!

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    clarel We've added a 'headerSize' folder option that you can use to reduce the size of the header (though it doesn't move everything inline like you suggested). You can find more information in the documentation. Hope this helps!  

  • racheldory's avatar
    racheldory
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Just curious if there is a way to change the sort order of the folder option contents? It looks currently everything is showing up alphabetical in ascending order.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    racheldory There isn't an option for sorting, but we'll consider it a feature request. For our reference, is this something you'd want to set in the Embedder options in code, or for the user to be able to set in the UI (or both)?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    clarel We've eliminated the extra scrollbar when embedding a folder. Thanks again for the feedback!

  • clarel's avatar
    clarel
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Hi Greg-DB, thanks for letting me know about all the new features! 

    The reduced header size is still quite chunky though. Hopefully it can become inline one day!

    Thanks,

    Clare

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