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fwallro's avatar
fwallro
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Setting default of how to open a file

When using Dropbox from a web browser and clicking on a file, I would like to have the option of setting it to always default the opening that file in another tab or another window.

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hey fwallro, thanks for your feedback on this; it's been noted in our system.

     

    As for opening files on a new browser window, you could try middle (or control) clicking on them. This seems to work just fine for me on Chrome. 

     

    Let me know if that helps!

  • fwallro's avatar
    fwallro
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Sorry, that's not what I'm asking about, I already know how to do that and it is a very clumsy and inefficient process requiring multiple clicks. What I'm looking for is to set a default action when clicking on a file, when in my browser, that automatically opens file in a new tab. That is not something that DropBox has, but it would be very helpful for those of us who do most of our work through a browser.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the additional feedback and elaborating on your use-case fwallro 

     

    Let us know if you have anything else to add. 

  • TheRealMarkS's avatar
    TheRealMarkS
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Settings->Apps->Default Editing Apps.
    Set to "Open with" rather than "View on dropbox.com"
    I had to unset and set to get it to pick up the settings correctly.

     

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