Syncing icons on the files in the Dropbox folder have changed

rusdom dbox_ Agreed!

I still just can't understand why Dropbox did this. And nothing I've heard from Dropbox comes close to explaining it.

It's like Dropbox was a world class runner... and then decided to break its own leg... and actually thought breaking its leg would help to run faster. Mind boggling.

dbox_ Can we get a response to this issue, why this decision was made, and how Dropbox is handling it now? I know we'd all really appreciate that, as the only reason any of us is as frustrated as we are is because we really do like the Dropbox product and the old sync icon system so much. 

rusdom no worries!

jackprest Thanks for sharing that. Agree it's not the ideal solution but at least it offers some kind of workaround. And at this point, I'll take whatever workaround I can get!

(And to be clear, the "ideal" solution would indeed be just going back to the previous, far superior icon system)

Thanks again for sharing!

Please REVERT to the old system.

Hey Guys,

Although I 100% support rollback of this feature I did find a small workflow thing that can help find those unwanted local files now hidden it "online-only" cloud icon folders.

If you right click on a folder on a cloud icon folder and it offers the dropdown menu option to "make online only" there are offline files somewhere in that folder structure. This option will disappear if its actually all online only.

It still sucks but at least if you have deep file structures there is a way to see at a higher level where local files are hiding. Like the previous system did... really well...

Hey I keep trying to up vote this and every time I come back to the thread it says I haven't voted for it?

They've now made sure I know how to end my subscription to Dropbox. That sounds like they have no intention of giving us us the old icon system back. Very disappointed. This seems like such an easy thing - just go back to what was working before!

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