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Alan R.4's avatar
Alan R.4
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Rename and delete options now missing when viewing a PDF file

I always used to like the ability to rename and delete a file from within the built-in PDF viewer. Why did this feature get removed? Now if I'm in a folder with lots of files that start with a simila...
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Alan R.4's avatar
Alan R.4
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Hi Hannah - no, as mentioned I'm using the latest Android version, not iOS. I've tried clearing application cache but to no avail. Just to check, you are looking at when in the PDF view of the file aren't you? As I say that's where it has disappeared from, it's still there if done from the main files list but as per my OP that has the whole issue of being sure you have the right file if it's a long filename and it used to work in both scenarios.
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Hannah
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3 years ago

My apologies, Alan, I meant to type 'OS', not 'iOS', sorry for that.

 

This appears to indeed be expected behavior for some file types.

 

I understand where you're coming from, though, and I will pass your feedback and comments along to our team.

 

If you need anything else, make sure to let us know.

  • Alan R.4's avatar
    Alan R.4
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago
    Hi Hannah thanks for your reply. As I say this worked absolutely fine until a few months ago so is a clear regression in functionality and to be frank is quite annoying! Would you please ask the development team why they removed this previously very useful function? I can't see any reason for it and would appreciate if you would feed it back as an issue/bug report to them. I'm happy for them to contact me directly if they wish to discuss it in more detail.
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    Alan R.4
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    Hi Hannah - I'm not sure if it was related to this thread and you feeding back to colleagues, but I was delighted to see the rename option appears to have returned in the Android Dropbox app v330.2.2 😀

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