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JVN
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Increase the filetypes considered in full text search

Today's Dropbox web and Desktop interfaces for full search support just certain filetypes (.doc .docx .docm .gdoc .gsheet .jpg .paper .papert .pdf .png .ppt .pptx .pptm .gif .gslide .rtf .tiff .txt ....
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  • simonDBX's avatar
    simonDBX
    2 years ago

    JVN Thanks for providing this detailed feedback! I'll bring this back to the team for consideration. Are there any other file types other than: .bib, .tex, .bbl that you want to see included?

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brian_g
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Hello simonDBX ,

Is there any news on the indexing of text-based file formats other than .txt? 

Specific use case we are running into is that .md/.markdown files are not indexed which we use extensively for documentation purposes. 

The problem is made worse by the fact that if a file is renamed from .txt to something else, the existing index is no longer updated upon change of the file, causing incorrect search results.

I would argue that simply all text-based file formats as listed on https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/file-types-that-preview should be indexed. If you can see it on your screen, most users will expect it to be searchable as well.

Best regards, Brian

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    simonDBX
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    10 months ago

    Hey brian_g, we currently don't have any immediate plans to expand full text search to include the file types you mentioned however, we are always looking at ways to make our search more powerful so this is something we'll continue to keep top of mind as we evaluate what to prioritize next. Thanks again for bringing this to our attention! 

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