Sorting files by sync status / confusion about syncing status and icons on files

I have files on my local hard drive displaying the blue icon with chasing arrows which I understand to indicate that the file is in the midst of being synced.  When I go to the same folder on Dropbox.com, the file is fully available. If the file is available on Dropbox.com, shouldn't the icon on the local drive be green?

Hi RJL 

Has the file been updated locally since it was uploaded to Dropbox? I.e. Dropbox is syncing a change OR is the file open?

No, the file hasn't been opened locally or updated recently.  It is part of a very large group of folders and files being synced to DropBox.

Hey RJL, thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community.

At the moment, there's no way to sort files by sync status.

Also, regarding the files with the sync icon, can you please hover over the Dropbox icon in your system tray/menu bar, to see the sync status and version of the app itself?

The status is

Indexing 1,199 files...

Can't sync "visited Links" (access denied)

Uploading 218,564 files

Downloading 18

The version is 188.4.6302

Hi RJL, is the number of indexing and uploading files going down as we speak? 

Unfortunately, no

Hi RJL, can you please try fixing your hardlinks and permissions as outlined here and let me know if syncing gets stuck at the exact same number of files again?

Hi Megan,

I will do this, but can you tell me what a hard link is and what I am doing when I fix them?

Thanks!

Hi RJL, if you follow the link on my above reply, you should be able to see a step-by-step on how to do so. 

But here they are again.