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TaylorKrusen
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5 years ago

Feedback: The Embedder Launched in Preview

New feature alert! Dropbox is previewing a new pre-built component called the File and Folder Embedder. Simply paste a JavaScript snippet into your code and you’ve added the ability to turn Dropbox s...
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clarel's avatar
clarel
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This embedder has come out at the perfect time! 

Some points of feedback and questions: 

  • When embedding a folder, why are there always 2 vertical scollbars? The outer one isn't required at all
  • Can we disable the download button? Is this down via the shared link settings?
  • Can we set the default to show the grid view rather than list?
  • The header block is pretty large - it would be nice if it could be condensed a bit by putting the Dropbox icon inline with the title and buttons.

Thanks, great work!

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

clarel We've added a 'headerSize' folder option that you can use to reduce the size of the header (though it doesn't move everything inline like you suggested). You can find more information in the documentation. Hope this helps!  

  • racheldory's avatar
    racheldory
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    5 years ago

    Just curious if there is a way to change the sort order of the folder option contents? It looks currently everything is showing up alphabetical in ascending order.

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      racheldory There isn't an option for sorting, but we'll consider it a feature request. For our reference, is this something you'd want to set in the Embedder options in code, or for the user to be able to set in the UI (or both)?

      • racheldory's avatar
        racheldory
        New member | Level 2
        5 years ago

        Hi @Greg K.,  ideally I'd just like to be able to set the sort order with Embedder options in code.  In my particular instance, I'm showing a folder with a large number of folders/documents that we update regularly.  I'd love to be able to set the default sort order so that the most recent files appear at the top,  with the current alphabetical sort order it takes quite a bit of scrolling to find new documents. 

  • clarel's avatar
    clarel
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hi Greg-DB, thanks for letting me know about all the new features! 

    The reduced header size is still quite chunky though. Hopefully it can become inline one day!

    Thanks,

    Clare

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      clarel Thanks! I've asked the team to see if we can reduce that down further like that, though I can't make any promises.

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