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Slangword's avatar
Slangword
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Allow files to open without preview in the mobile app, like they used to.

  Drop Dropbox used to open files with default apps without the preview function. That functionality has since been removed. That functionality was very helpful to those of us using atypical files ...
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markm4663's avatar
markm4663
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
The newly implemented behavior gets us back to where we were before the issue was implemented months ago.
It would be nice if Dropbox would just open the file if the default has been specified for the file.
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RobDBell
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Not for me it doesn't. Two months ago when I clicked on my *.kdb file in the DropBox file list it just immediately opened KeePass app with the file.

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