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How to sort folders first, then files?
When using Dropbox.com, subfolders are sorted below any loose files. Is there a way to flip this so the folders sort first like in Windows Explorer?
I have the same issue, this is a big problem, any way to get folders first, then files?
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
@Jane Thank you, this worked! Totally not intuitive though. You would not think ordering by name is required to sort by type! But I am happy to know how to do it.
- So how to do this on the Android app? Regardless of sort order, folders should come at the top, as that's the structure item, not the content. With files at the top, you have to scroll down in every folder to get to the subfolders, then again, and again, and again! Not very user friendly!
- Jane
- Mark
Super User II
You can click on 'Type' and change to ascending and descending according to that there, but, this doesnt necessarily group according to file/folder (e.g. PDF is a type as is Word). Hello, I have the same problem of
buddyboy101 wrote:When using Dropbox.com, subfolders are sorted below any loose files. Is there a way to flip this so the folders sort first like in Windows Explorer?
- Jane
Maybe this solution used to work, but it no longer does. Sorting by name does not put folders first, it just sorts everything alphabetically by name with folders mixed into the files as you would expect.
