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Herman T.1
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How to search a file/folder with the name containing a hyphen ("-")?
I found that Dropbox treats hyphens as spaces when searching for a file/folder. So if I have a file named "a-b-c", it cannot be easily found because Dropbox treats the query as "a b c", which reveals...
Herman T.1
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
It happens to both Google Chrome and the Dropbox android app. This is not any browser issues. Depending on how many files/folders matching the result, it may or may not come up on the result.
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoI see, thanks for the update here, Herman!
May I actually reach out to you via email, so we can look into this a bit more closely?
May I actually reach out to you via email, so we can look into this a bit more closely?
- Herman T.14 years agoExplorer | Level 3
sure
- Hannah4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Perfect, I just sent you an email, so make sure to check your inbox, Herman.
Have a great day!- FrustratedUser32 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Is there some reason you guys always send the answers to people via email instead of posting the solutions on the forum? It is ridiculous that I have the same question, but now I have to wait for support to send me the answer that was already given to someone else.
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