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Rick A.5's avatar
Rick A.5
Helpful | Level 6
3 months ago

Turn off line numbering when viewing text files

Is there a way to disable the entirely unnecessary and unhelpful line numbering when viewing text files? I don't need it and I don't want it. Why on earth was that added? I love Dropbox but they rea...
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Walter
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3 months ago

Hi there Rick A.5 - thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us.

Just to make sure that we're on the same page, can you please send us a screenshot so that we can have a visual too? 

Also, did you notice this on the website or the Dropbox mobile app perhaps? Is it affecting a particular type of file or all files that preview as text? 

Let us know more and we'll take it from there, Rick. 

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