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Nigelng8988
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Files arrangement by order

After uploading files in folder, can I rearranging the files in the order I prefer them to be in?

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 years ago
    Nigelng8988 wrote:
    After uploading files in folder, can I rearranging the files in the order I prefer them to be in?

    Like any file system, files are sorted by either file name, date, size, etc. If you want a specific order for your files, sort alphbetically and then rename your files so they appear in the order you wish.

  • Nigelng8988's avatar
    Nigelng8988
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago
    After we uploaded our HD photos into folder, can we view and have basic editing tools such as what we have on instragram ? We r all using 3rd party photo editor before uploading photos to Dropbox for storing or sharing. This wasted space on our external memory or internal hard disk. Also takes longer time. Why not just upload on Dropbox and edit directly on Dropbox cloud. And also, if audience wish, they can edit or re-edit the filters by themselves upon viewing the shared folder.
  • BillyWeave's avatar
    BillyWeave
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    I’m new to Dropbox.

    I spent hours creating a folder with about 90 files in a certain order.  When I share it with anyone, the order of the files changes. If I follow the link that I sent, they are in the correct order. How can I fix this?

    I was also unable to reorder the files because I couldn’t find the reorder button in any drop downs.

    I’m using an iPad Pro.

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      4 years ago
      Hello, BillyWeave! Thank you for posting today!

      Do they see the same result when trying to view the content in an incognito mode on their browser?

      Also, how do you share the folder with them? 

      Here's how you can sort the files in your account. 

      Let me know what you find.
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    5 years ago
    Nigelng8988 wrote:
    After uploading files in folder, can I rearranging the files in the order I prefer them to be in?

    Like any file system, files are sorted by either file name, date, size, etc. If you want a specific order for your files, sort alphbetically and then rename your files so they appear in the order you wish.

    • Nigelng8988's avatar
      Nigelng8988
      New member | Level 2
      5 years ago

      Thats the thing. If we cannot name it in that specific aplabetic manner,  we cant rearrange them in the order we wish them to be.

      Why not allow flexiblity to cater to user's personal reason? Im suggesting to help improve. 

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