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tamarawill24
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How Do I Prevent Dropbox Paper from Converting Plain Text URLs into Hyperlinks?
Hi Everyone:
I was using a different file hosting service. However, I experienced recurring issues and decided to try Dropbox.
That service also has document-editing functionality which a...
- 3 years agoHey tamarawill24, thanks for your post about Dropbox Paper!
At the moment, with the way Paper works, the URLs will appear as hyperlinks with previews of the linked site.
However, you're welcome to post an idea about this on our Paper idea board, for other users to upvote.
Let me know if you have any questions.
tamarawill24
Explorer | Level 3
Hi Hannah:
Thank you for your quick response and for the clarification that Dropbox automatically converts all text links to hyperlinks with previews of the linked site.
I prefer to keep the text only (non-clickable) links or URLs so this means that Dropbox's document editing feature is not the right fit for me. Hence, I will continue to search for another document editing service that suits my needs. However, I can continue to use the Dropbox's storage service.
Thanks for your suggestion to post or promote my idea in Paper idea board. I will do so soon.
Best Regards
Hannah
3 years agoDropbox Staff
I understand, Tamara, and thanks for getting back to me.
If you ever need anything else, make sure to give us a shout.
Have a wonderful day!
If you ever need anything else, make sure to give us a shout.
Have a wonderful day!
- evanhill2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hi, please change this functionality, no user wants their URL to automatically convert into a preview, if they wanted that, you could give them the option to expand in to a preview. At the very least give users the option NOT to have their URLs render as previews. This is terrible UI and a time waster when users have to figure out hacks to make URLs not render as previews. Please change.
- evanhill2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Please enable users to choose if they want to see their URLs as previews in Paper or plain URLs. Most users want to see plain URLs. Currently there is no choice. All URLs render as previews. The only solutions are user hacks. Please enable users to turn off URL previews.
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