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Double-click on the Dropbox icon opens the Dropbox folder with ALT enabled
Since days ago I have an strange behavior:
If I double click the dropbox try icon (Windows 10) the dropbox folder opens maximized, this is the normal behavior, but some days ago this changed: now t...
Hey folks, I'm on the engineering team. Thanks for flagging this and sorry for the inconvenience. Confirming that this is a bug we rolled out accidentally, and we're looking to fix it soon. We expect this to be fixed in a future update that will get rolled out in about 2-3 weeks.
In the meanwhile, as a workaround, pressing the Alt key should get you back to regular state. Thank you
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Vick, thanks for your post.
Would you mind sending us some screenshots of the behavior you're seeing?
What Dropbox version are you using, and what is the sync status of the app when you hover over the Dropbox icon?
Also, does the behavior persist if you quit the Dropbox app?
Keep me posted.
Rich
Super User II
Super User III'm seeing the same thing, though my window doesn't maximize. The window opens normally, then a second later it acts as though the ALT key has been pressed. I'm on v217.3.4297.
For instance, I double click the icon in the system tray, the window opens, the shortcuts all highlight, and at this point if I were to type an F, the File menu would open, when normally I would have to press ALT-F for the same action.
Yes, this is the exact problem
- Walter
Hi all, thanks for flagging this with us. May we reach out via email to have a further look internally?
Yes please do, I'll wait for your email but maybe we can do a teams meeting and I can show you this behavior live. It's super annoying. I use that tray icon nonstop when I'm working
