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Link1328's avatar
Link1328
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
Status:
Closed

Enable Emoji in file names.

I use emoji’s to help me find things quicker.  I would like to add an emoji from the apple keyboard to the file folder name but when I click on rename and add the emoji it says “invalid folder name...the folder name contains invalid characters”.  Here is an example I wish to change “Vehicles and DOT” folder to say           “🚗Vehicle and DOT” 

  • molinan2's avatar
    molinan2
    Explorer | Level 3

    +1 to full Unicode support.

     

    I'm syncing thousands of files and some of them contain special characters. Many of those files were created by external programs (for instance, saving a webpage as PDF for later) and I'm being forced to update eeevery title because of this.

     

    I had no problem with iCloud, which just allows you to upload "anything you can have in you disk", as expected.

  • Danila S.'s avatar
    Danila S.
    Explorer | Level 4

    I've run into this issue trying to sync an Obsidian vault. And, by the way, using emojis is a really nice way to sort your stuff! It's unbelievable that this is still not supported in 2021.

    Will probably have to use another cloud storage to sync Obsidian vaults, and then, maybe, everything else as I plan to use emojis more actively.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    Status changed:
    Gathering Support
    to
    Not for right now

    Thank you for your idea, while we can’t take every idea forward we do regularly re-review and will update you if anything changes!