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Txt files now open in preview mode instead of the Dropbox Text Editor directly
My files are created as plain .txt files. In the past they would open directly with the Dropbox Text Editor as I had selected the Dropbox Text Editor as the default in the phone app.
Now the files ...
Thank You for checking into this.
These issues are still driving me nuts multiple times daily.
Will be anxiously awaiting a fix.
mwallred Roadster1024 Appreciate the prompt reply.
In terms of the fastest & easiest thing we can do to get you up and running:
1) Allow you to choose your default text editor, so at least it's only 1 click vs. 3 clicks to edit a file in a tool that gives you the functionality you need
2) Add an "edit by default" which will requires us coming up with a design/flow.
3) Fix pain points around the Dropbox text editor, which we need to spend more time technically to ramp up and understand.
I'll investigate options 2/3 with the engineering team.
I spent over an hour trying to figure out if I had just imagined that the functionality had changed, and diving around my phone/app settings to try and figure out what I might have accidentally broken. After I felt like I had explored every option I eventually looked online and found this thread. At least I know I'm not losing my mind, but that was a really infuriating process. Please give us the option to edit by default. The font size change when changing to edit mode, the "losing the place you wanted to edit" and the extra steps necessary to get there are all not deal breakers but certainly very annoying, not to mention the time I lost trying to figure out what was wrong.
Thank you for your patience. Just wanted to give an update on where things are:
In the upcoming release this week (v346), we made a few small tweaks to make the Dropbox text editor a little less painful to use (modifying the font size and scroll position to get close to where the page you were looking at). Though any additional improvements will require significantly more work. In the release after that, for users that prefer another editor, we'll add an edit button (for Dropbox text editor) and "Open with" button and that should allow you to select another editor, with 1-click.
We recognize that this doesn't solve the problem that you'd like to open the editor by default, but these changes should ideally make things a bit less painful, while we try to make additional improvements that will take a bit longer to resolve.
Thanks! Let me know if you have questions.
This issue is NOT just for .txt files. I have an app on my tablet (A La Mode) that displays .abc music files. In Dropbox, I have the default app for this kind of file set to A La Mode. Previously, I could just tap an .abc file in Dropbox and it would automatically open the A La Mode app on my tablet. Now, Dropbox tries to preview the file, which it can't do. I now have to tap the 3 dots to the right of the file and select "Open With". What's the point of having the ability to set a default app in Dropbox if you still have to select "open with"?
This issue is NOT just a .txt issue!
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