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MariaSki's avatar
MariaSki
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

How to expand left sidebar width on the website?

How can I expand the left sidebar width. I have many levels of files and I can not see the names of folders that I want to move files into. As you can see below, all I can see is the first letter of the folder "A" and there are several of them. I want to be able to expand the left sidebar so I can see the names of those folders and not just the first letter. I was able to do it before, but not now for some reason.

 Thanks!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi MariaSki, thanks for messaging the Community.

     

    Currently, it isn't possible to expand the navigation menu beyond a certain point.

     

    We appreciate the feedback on this matter and we take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.

  • Same here. We use DB for work and at third level (so company name, department, department main folder), DB starts cutting off folder names. Our names aren't even that long. By the 4th level, where we start putting images/docs by client name, job, or product, I can only see a few letters and it makes keeping stuff organized very difficult. Especially between multiple people in the company. I'm starting to find new folders with the same names as other folders, each in different places, because people couldn't;t find the folder they needed so they made a new one. 

    You need to make it so we can extend the left folder sidebar, especially for business accounts.

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hi there IsItMeYoureLookingFor - thanks for joining the discussion here and sharing your use-case too.

       

      If it's not too much trouble, you can post your suggestion in our Share an Idea section following these tips.

       

      Thanks for your feedback! 

  • ConF2_0's avatar
    ConF2_0
    Helpful | Level 6

    I found two different postings requesting that the left sidebar be made more expandable.  This one started by MariaSki and another one that was closed due to inactivity, started by BelzConsultant also about 8 months ago. 

    I have the same issue and I don't understand why more people don't vote it up.  Anyone who has at least 3 levels of nested folders can't see the 3rd level properly and if there's a 4th level, you can't see it at all.

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