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Cannot Drag and drop files into folders
Hello, until today, I could easily select 1 or more files (in this case jpeg) and drag them into a sub forlder. Now I when I try to drag the files into the folder it won't let me drop them there, ju...
- The Home page is just a listing of your most recently used files from your entire account. Files and folders don't actually reside there. It only shows you the activity on your account. The Move and Copy options are only available while on the Files page, which is the actual listing of all your files and folders.
I am using my computer. I am uing the dropbox website. I have tried on 3 different browers to no avail.
Scenario: I have folder JOBS. Inside Jobs folder is another folder A and 10 JPEG pictures. Until today I could select any number of the jpeg's and drag them into folder A without having to use the "move files" tab and scrolling through several dropdowns. I could just drag and drop those pictures into the folder. As of today I cannot do that. When I select the files and drag them to the folder, they cannot be dropped into a folder anymore. Literally I have done nothing different, not installed, deleted, updated or chnaged anything on my end. There is no error message. When I drag the file, the file name moves with the curser, but cannot be dropped into the file.
I'm having the same issue but don't even see a "move" button or tool. I'm astonished. I just started working in office that uses DropBox for everything and their folders are a hornet's nest. I've been given admin rights and still can't move any documents or folders. The only options in front of me are "download," "delete," "comment" or "version history.
It's extremely frustrating. I certainly don't have time to download all these large files to my desktop and then upload them back to the DropBox website and such a workflow would be insane.
- Sanchez
Dropbox Community Moderator
Unfortuneately it seems that the FILES section are actually only FOLDERS that contain files. I uploaded several jpeg files and mp4 files that were not in a folder and now I cannot move them into a FILE. I literally would have to upload them again in a FOLDER. PLEASE GET THIS FIXED.
- Rich
Super User II
_SARGE_ wrote:
Unfortuneately it seems that the FILES section are actually only FOLDERS that contain files.
That is not true. The Files page shows all of the items in the root of your Dropbox folder, and that includes any files that were not uploaded to a specific sub-folder.
I literally would have to upload them again in a FOLDER. PLEASE GET THIS FIXED.There's nothing to fix here as files can easily be moved into a folder. You just select the files by checking the box to the left of each file, and then select the Move option from the menu on the right.
If you're unable to do so, you're likely in the wrong area or are doing something wrong. Can you take a screenshot showing the options available to you when you try to move these files?
