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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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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 years ago

    clarel Thanks! I've asked the team to see if we can reduce that down further like that, though I can't make any promises.

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

    Hi @Greg K.,  ideally I'd just like to be able to set the sort order with Embedder options in code.  In my particular instance, I'm showing a folder with a large number of folders/documents that we update regularly.  I'd love to be able to set the default sort order so that the most recent files appear at the top,  with the current alphabetical sort order it takes quite a bit of scrolling to find new documents. 

  • Simon O.8's avatar
    Simon O.8
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Hi guys,

     

    New embedder looks great, but I can't see any way of uploading new documents into the folder I'm viewing. Is there anything on the roadmap to support this?

     

    Simon

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

    Simon O.8 Thanks for the feedback! That's correct, the Dropbox Embedder doesn't offer the ability to also upload to the embedded folder, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

     

    You may be interested in using it in conjunction with file requests though. You could set the file request to upload to the same path that the embedded shared link points to.

  • pcuadros's avatar
    pcuadros
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Same problem with Chrome browser in iOS. The embedded "Allow Cookies" button didn't work. I had to open DropBox.com in same browser first for the embedded "Allow Cookies" to ask me to Allow. Please, let me know when this bug is solved. Thank you.

  • pcuadros's avatar
    pcuadros
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    When using Chrome browser in iOS, the embedded "Allow Cookies" button didn't work.

    First, I had to open DropBox.com in same browser for the embedded "Allow Cookie" button to ask me to Allow. 

    Another issue is that this embedder is not mobile responsive.

    Please, let me know if these bugs will be solved. Thank you.

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

    pcuadros Thanks for the notes! I'm sending this along to the team, and I'll follow up here with any updates.

  • thefreshlab's avatar
    thefreshlab
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Same issue encountered after using the embedder - "Cookies are required to view this Dropbox content." with the allow button not working.

  • kevin g.1's avatar
    kevin g.1
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago

    Hi,

       It would be great to be able to start in grid view when embedding with a tags. Calling the embedder directly isn't playing nicely with hidden tabs.

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