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.
Forum Discussion
Newly uploaded files not sorted correctly
I have just uploaded 11 new files to a Dropbox folder, and they seem to be stuck at the top of the list: they are not sorting alphabetically with the rest of the files.
I have tried changing the so...
Ilkuul wrote:
I have just uploaded 11 new files to a Dropbox folder, and they seem to be stuck at the top of the list: they are not sorting alphabetically with the rest of the files.
Best guess, the files have a whitespace character at the beginning of each filename. In the screenshot below, the Test.txt file has a non-breaking space at the beginning of the name, so it sorts to the top of the list.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Ilkuul wrote:
I have just uploaded 11 new files to a Dropbox folder, and they seem to be stuck at the top of the list: they are not sorting alphabetically with the rest of the files.
Best guess, the files have a whitespace character at the beginning of each filename. In the screenshot below, the Test.txt file has a non-breaking space at the beginning of the name, so it sorts to the top of the list.
So how do you get rid of it?
Not having that exact issue but have been having other issues with Dropbox sorting. Files no longer sort alphabetically, either ascending or descending. They appear somewhat alphabetical with random non-alphabetical files interspersed in the list. Some problem with sorting by date. Makes it very difficult to find specific files and dedicated groups of files. This has been reported by dozens of users in the community and no one has addressed it. I believe the issue began within the past year. A big problem making Dropbox very annoying to use.
[Merged into this thread by Moderator]
