Product Updates
We are happy to announce that iOS now has a text editor! You can access this feature on any text file from the toolbar in the lower left corner.
Bug Report:
Works fine on iPhone 6s.
Only problem I have on my iPad 4 mini is I can’t exit back to the folder list after saving the file. The back-arrow link does not show at the top left, and I am stuck looking at the just edited file. I have to kill the Dropbox app and restart. The file changes are saved however.
Dropbox v 64.3
ios 11
—Tim
Hi,
I am wondering if there are any updates about this problem.
I have verified that the problem persists:
I can only edit (on my phone) .txt files that I create on my phone, not ones created on my Mac.
Jon
SO very happy about this new functionality. Some feedback though:
1. I have a text file that is 350 kB big, and it's awfully slow to edit that file. In comparison, a newly created file has almost decent responsiveness.
2. When clicking on the edit icon, the cursor is inserted at the bottom of the file. I always add text to my files at the top. The optimal thing would be to remove the icon and insert the cursor where the user clicks on the file. I understand that it has implications with selection etc, but still more logical IMO.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I verified that if I create a new .txt file on my Mac, it is editable on my phone. However, an old .txt file (created years ago) that I want to edit is not. I don't know why, but it's is a solvable problem.
Jon
Hi there!
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