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FrankGaz
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Sidebar & dialog box do not show full file / folder names.
The sidebar cannot be stretched enough to show a full folder name (even if it is not all that long).
When selecting and moving files, the "Move" dialog truncates folder names. So if you have m...
Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoHi FrankGaz, thanks for posting here!
Based on the info you shared, it's safe to guess that you're using our website, correct?
Would you be able to send me a couple of screenshots, in order for me to have a visual of what you described too?
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!
FrankGaz
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Hello Megan,
Thank you for your quick response! Yes, I am using the DB website. Here are two screenshots / examples.
The first is the "Move" dialog. You can see that two folders start with "Example - Destination Folder" and end with the word "Clients" but the text in the middle is removed, so there's no way to identify the folders. I know the folder names may appear to be a bit long, but there's nothing wrong with that (and sometimes a slightly longer name is important...and they're not all that long).
The second example is the of the normal sidebar. In the screenshot, I've stretched the sidebar to widen it as much as the site allows. You can see that these folder names aren't all that long, the sidebar just doesn't show enough text. The "Example Folder" is also a top-level folder. So the sidebar is cutting off the names of the first subdirectories. If I added more folders to the sub-directories, they would barely be visible. The ability to stretch it as much as the user wants would be ideal (and honestly, that should probably just be a normal feature of the site...there isn't a great reason to limit a user's ability to see their folders).
Again, I really appreciate your help with this.
Frank
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