Is it possible to have the directory of files visible locally, without downloading them?

Hi Jay,

I have checked them.  That's a bit of the problem.  

If I don't want a folder to download to my computer, it doesn't show up in the file structure.  I have to download it to have it show up.  Once it downloads, I can THEN set it to online only, which will clear it out of my hard drive, but again, that's a process that takes DAYS to manage due to the volume of data and the size of my hard drive.

What I'm asking for is to have ALL the folders be visible on my desktop but not be downloaded - the same way they are when things are "Online Only" - WITHOUT having to download them and then set them to online only.

When I install the desktop app, I want to be able to SEE EVERYTHING immediately that's on the cloud without having to download ANYTHING. And THEN pick the stuff I want to download.

Again, if that CANNOT happen, please just say so.  Please say "nope, you'd have to download everything and THEN set it to online only."  Then I'd know.  But there's a lot of half-completed help forums that end with "wait, didn't you try online only" & that's NOT the problem.  

It's that the workflow on the user end is unnecessarily cumbersome.  It asks way too much of you users, frankly, when you should just have a solve to allow the full file structure to be visible the moment you download the Dropbox desktop app.