You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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37 TopicsFolder Customization - Colors, Icons, and More
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could customize our Dropbox folders to make them more visually appealing and easier to organize? I think adding more options to personalize folders could make a big difference, and I’d love to hear what others think about this idea! Here are a few features I’d suggest: Folder Colors: Imagine being able to color-code your folders—so much easier to spot what you need at a glance! Custom Icons: A simple icon, like a music note for your playlists or a book for your eBooks, could make folders feel more intuitive. This icon could be applied to the already existing folder image, or replace the folder with just an icon. Upload Your Own Images: Personalize your workspace with photos or unique images as folder covers—practical and fun! These tweaks wouldn’t just look great; they’d make organizing and navigating files so much smoother. Plus, other platforms already offer similar options, and it would be awesome to see Dropbox join in! If you think these features would be helpful, let’s make some noise and get Dropbox to consider them. What are your thoughts? Do you have other ideas for folder customization? Let’s chat in the comments and show the Dropbox team how much we’d love this!6Views1like0CommentsShow the actual date a file is uploaded or modified
I don't understand why the dropbox mobile app doesn't show the specific date that a file is uploaded or modified in dropbox. This is a file management feature that has been around for many years and seems ridiculous that we can't see it in dropbox, especially when I'm sure your servers capture the specific date a file is uploaded or modified. All your app shows now is a nebulous designation of, for example, "2 weeks ago" or "3 months ago", etc.977Views0likes2CommentsOption that allows you to change the image resolution before uploading
I wish to upload pictures in a small format from my iPhone. From the album or directly taken from the camera. Now my problem is: all pictures are 3 MB. Bigger is not always better. If I wish to scan visit cards or a simple graphic for example, 300 KB are enough767Views0likes2CommentsUse video's first frame as its thumbnail
currently, for some bizarre reason, if a user uploads, a video to dropbox, the thumbnail attached to the video becomes a random screen frame approximately eight seconds into the video, rather than the first image of the video. Thus, if you make a video and wish to share it with others from your dropbox, the thumbnail that attaches to it will be some random unintended thumbnail. This is sub optimal programming, and dropbox says that they will correct it if enough users request it. please vote to make the thumbnail assigned as the first frame of an uploaded video.2.3KViews9likes6CommentsEdit or shorten the email address for the 'Email to Dropbox' feature
A simple solution could be making the auto-generated email address shorter. or allowing the user to name the email address The issue is the email address is so long that the computer system I am entering it into simply can't fit the long address. So I am sending it to my gmail account, which I am trying to have set up to auto forward to the auto generated dropbox folder email account. Gmail can not allow forwarding to an email until the email account owner opens an email approval link that is sent to the email account. Which I can not open an email in the dropbox auto generated email account so I can approve it.579Views0likes2CommentsAutomatically Name a Folder after the Uploader in File requests
I'd like to automatically rename a folder from File Requests after the uploader. Currently you're able to automatically rename files using the uploader's name, so I'd like to do the same with automated folder organizations.469Views0likes2Comments