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Ebiss
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago
Status:
Closed - Inactive

Allow sort by name reverse alphabetical (mobile)

Mobile currently only allows A-Z sort by name. Please allow Z-A sort option.

With date naming A-Z always displays oldest files first. Please allow a swap!!

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hey conwaynorwood, thanks for reaching out to us!

     

    I assume you're referring to the Dropbox mobile app, correct?

     

    You can currently sort your files by 'modified', 'size', 'type' and 'name'.

     

    If you sort them by name, does that somewhat help achieve what you want to do?

     

    Keep me posted.

  • conwaynorwood's avatar
    conwaynorwood
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    I should specify that I’m referring to the Dropbox app specifically.

  • conwaynorwood's avatar
    conwaynorwood
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    It would be great if Dropbox expanded on the folder sort options, especially an option to sort ascending (e.g. A-Z) or descending (e.g. Z-A).
  • iar's avatar
    iar
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    3 years ago

    Hey, engineer on the team working on iOS browse and file list updates here.

     

    We are actually working on reverse sorting for iOS right now!

     

    Unfortunately, this is baked into one of the oldest parts of the app codebase, and isn't just as simple as reversing a collection of items. Those items are fed into the file list from various data providers, and are parsed into sections based on what the current ordering type is.

     

    There is actually one class dedicated to each ordering type! (Name, modified date, filetype, and size.) Each ordering class has to be updated individually to support reverse sorting, and each requires different logic for handling section clustering, various edge cases, and support for the myriad surfaces across the app in which a file list may appear.

     

    We hope to rewrite much of this legacy Objective-C code in Swift at some point and take that opportunity to significantly simplify the architecture of these features so future development is much faster. For now, though, we're only able to confirm that reverse sorting is on the way.

  • Filip Basara's avatar
    Filip Basara
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

     

    I always had my folders named by date&event so to get to the newest I have to scrolle all the way down. Every single time. The lack of reverse order on iOS is really frustrating. 
    Reverse order dosen’t seem to be the rocket science. Common Dropbox Team, you can do it! 

  • Emmet's avatar
    Emmet
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Closed - Not for right now
    to
    In Beta

    Hey everyone, the team is looking into this idea! You can also access it right now if you're on Android. 

     

    You can do so by:

    1. Navigating to a folder
    2. Tap the existing sort method on the left side ("Name", "Modified", etc)
    3. Tap Sort by Name
    4. Tap the arrow to sort in reverse


    Thanks for sharing your suggestion with us and to everyone for supporting it.

    We’ll update you when we know more!

  • emilyc123's avatar
    emilyc123
    Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
    3 years ago

    Hi Ebiss and Steve, 

     

    May I ask if your mobile device is an Android or iOS device? We now have the ability to sort by reverse alphabetical order on Android devices. You can do so by

    1. Navigating to a folder
    2. Tap the existing sort method on the left side ("Name", "Modified", etc)
    3. Tap Sort by Name
    4. Tap the arrow to sort in reverse

    Please let me know if this has solved your issue! 

     

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Open
    to
    Closed - Not for right now
    Thank you for sharing your idea.
     
    We have looked into this, but it is not something we are actively working on at this time. 
     
    We regularly review these ideas, and we will keep you updated if this idea moves forward in the future.
  • steve78957's avatar
    steve78957
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    Not having this feature is so annoying, and I would have thought relatively simple to implement and found on every other app that uses lists.