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File name is cut off on the Dropbox site
How is it possible for an app this old to still not allow a user to alter the field length?
20 odd characters is grossly insufficient for anyone with real organisation habits. Why can I not simply see longer file names? Why? What is the justification for this?
Take myself, a 3d modeller. I constantly have files that are categorised by project/object/component (often with more additions like side or versions).
It's maddening. We're nor working in 1024 resolutions anymore, we've all got second or third monitors. Screen real estate has never been higher. So why are we stuck with this archaic restriction? Every website I go to can adapt to window size but Dropbox is acting like it's still 2007.
If this isn't fixed we're going to stop paying for it.
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I'm using Firefox, but it also affects Chrome.
I should point out that it seems to be this way with our shared stuff. I'm a 3d artist and we have a paid dropbox I have access to.It looks like this. Switching to grid does nothing to make it any better. And yes, this is on a PC, not a mobile device. Look at all that empty space it just refuses to use!
So when someone tells me I need to work on asset X, I have to scroll through sometimes a dozen items that all start with the same initial string. There's no pop up for hovering, at best I can try and read the tiny browser text at the bottom when I mouse over but it's so much more of a hassle than just having the name there. There's plenty of space but for some reason it's absolutely locked to this. When you go in and out you have to work out which of the folders you just checked. It seems like needless frustration and it costs each artist time every day.
If there's a fix, please let me know.
Thanks again. Tried it on Firefox (top) and Chrome. Neither has any 'bar' to move. They are oddly different. Chrome gives much bigger space for some reason though, but still no ability to adjust.
