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Cannot edit some text files in Dropbox on iPhone?
In the Dropbox app on iPhone SE, I can open all my text files, but in some of them I do not get the Edit icon (looks like a cursor) at bottom left, so cannot edit them.
In others, I get the Edi...
K-C-L (and others following)
Thanks! You're onto the right cause, and solution ...well, workaround.
Dropbox App editor won't handle either certain characters (extended) or Windows Notepad default ANSI files. A pretty obvious shortcoming. These get rendered in a non-editable file - which looks like monospaced courier, but doesn't make a space for each <spacebar>. Go figure.
Anyway, the workarounds are:
- Convert all your Notepad ANSI files to UTF-8 (open file in Notepad, Save As..., dropdown box -> choose UTF-8 and Save. (Save all new files as UTF-8). This is what I am doing.
- Open the file in Dropbox App. Select a word, then Select All. Copy. Create new file (Text). Paste into the window, name, and Create. Kinda klugy.
Those both work - I've tested.
- There is a way to change Notepad default to UTF-8, which would prevent this from re-occurring, but you have to touch the Registry (I don't want to do that)
- Download Notepad++ which apparently can set a default without touching the Registry (cannot verify). Reportedly Notepad++ takes less resources too (don't know about that either)
OK, a PITA. But do-able. I guess.
But, the real problem is Dropbox App cannot show text files (.txt) in monospaced font (e.g. Menlo or Courier). This is basically a disqualifier for Dropbox for musicians who use text files to create Tab, or Notation files, or chord charts. That's a lot of people left out in the cold. Since they all share files, so Dropbox could / should own this market, but have shut themselves out.
Sanchez
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorSanchez,
Thanks for looking into this.
I would not have complained if I had received any response to my requests for support.
I get email from Dropbox all the time. Weekly in fact, though looking now I can see it is from a different email address (no-reply@dropboxmail.com), which is where the Dropbox Support survey also came from. I'm not sure that users should or would know that, especially a priori.
But, I doubt this explains anything, especially as I received an email from "no-reply@dropbox.com" on Tue, Mar 20, at 8:01PM (I'm on the East Coast) about a new device signing into my account. And a similar one on Feb 19.
"no-reply@dropbox.com" was not, and is not blocked in my email system. I have added "no-reply@dropbox.com" to my contacts / address book as you requested. It's possible this is the problem, but probably no more likely than Support mis-typing my email address with a letter O instead of a zero before the @.
Perhaps you could test by sending 2 emails. One from "no-reply@dropbox.com" - and then a second one (confirming it) from <anyname>@dropboxmail.com or <anyname>@dropboxforum.com. Maybe you could include one of my ticket numbers in the emails?
Thank you!
