Txt files now open in preview mode instead of the Dropbox Text Editor directly

I don't understand why software doesn't work well these days. I had to keep trying to reply here several times before succeeding, and Android access to editing a .txt file in Dropbox was similarly frustrating. I think these are the instructions that work: 1. Click on the name of the .txt file to preview it in readonly mode. 2. Click on the text to popup up an icon, then click on the icon to enter a .txt editor. Who knows if there is any support for blind and visually impaired people, as this method requires touch interaction.

So I don't understand the issues since some changes had been implemented (at least in the Android version). Now there is a small "edit" button in the lower left corner of the text file when opened in preview/read mode, pop that and the file opens in the editor mode and you can edit inside the app.  It's still an additional step that is moderatley annoying, sure, but it's slightly less annoying than it used to be needing to go through a menu function to reach edit mode.

In windows I just navigate to the folder with explorer and open with whatever document processor you want (notepad/wordpad/Word/etc.) 

When I open a .txt file, there is no "Use Dropbox Editor" or any other way to open Notepad to edit the file, either on Android or Windows! It's a really really stupid Dropbox limitation.

For my convenience, I create files in Windows using Notepad or use a word processor (for spell check abilities), then paste the text into Notepad. Yes, other ways will work but that is how I do it.

Then in Notepad, Save the .txt file to a Dropbox folder. 

Then when opening a .txt file in Dropbox on any platform, select "Use Dropbox Editor" to open the file. If you previously used another editor and it became the default, then you must change the default "Open With" function within Dropbox. 

I don't understand. I want to be able to edit text files on any device using Dropbox, but I can't find a way to do it. Please post detailed instructions for editing text files!

This issue is NOT just a .txt issue!

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"?

Same here. Desperatly waiting for a fix! Anoying change. Please program a option to choose where one wants a preview or directly opend in edit mode. Thank you!

I have same problem with using my preferred option to open and view cbr and cbz files.  Those are zipped image files commonly used to store comic book images.  Until today, I could open them with my preferred viewer with one click.  Now it takes going to sub-menu.  This stinks, and has greatly decreased the usefulness of the service.

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.