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afoster002
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2 years ago
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How can I turn off the preview on the site?

Dropbox apparently introduced new functionality that forces a large preview window every time a file is selected.  The vast majority of time this degrades my efficiency in using Dropbox.  I can't fin...
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  • derrickyee's avatar
    derrickyee
    2 years ago

    Hello, 

     

    You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu

     

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Joseph C.23
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

How do we disable this completely? No Preview at all?

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derrickyee
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2 years ago

Hello! The "full screen" option will essentially act as disable the feature completely / have not right panel on your browse screen. 

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    Joseph C.23
    Collaborator | Level 9
    2 years ago

    Thank you.
    Please keep the website as simple as possible. 

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