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A few years have passed since this request and as a business this would save us allot of time and irritation. As a company we share daily hundreds of links to files via Microsoft Teams with each other.
Now the situation is as follow:
1 link is shared
2 team member clicks on the link
3 browser opens the link to the file
4 user clicks on 'open in dropbox' button
Ideal situation would be that admins and users have a File open preference, where links to files can directly open in the native apps:
1 link is shared
2 team member clicks on it and the file is synced and opened in the native app
Microsoft Teams has a great solution to this problem for Office-applications, called File open preference, see screenshot. It would be great if Dropbox could also build this feature in it's Dropbox-apps.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Status changed:NewtoGathering Support Commenting to boost this idea, as it's a good one.
I'm a power user of dropbox and this is my #1 problem with dropbox!
My team shares dropbox links in slack, email and from airtable - and it's so annoying that they open in a web browser. Instead would love to set Dropbox to open these links in a local finder window.
OMG yes! PLEASE DO THIS. It would reduce so much frustration and save a lot of time.
Dropbox has released a new Microsoft Teams integration. This has te ability to open files local in your Mac/Windows device, which is great! Only bug it isn't remembering the login credentials in Teams, so every other day users need to login again to have this work.
I completely agree—having a file open preference for Dropbox in Microsoft Teams would be a game-changer for productivity. It would save so much time and reduce unnecessary clicks, allowing team members to focus more on their work instead of managing file workflows. Hopefully, Dropbox considers implementing something similar to what’s available for Office applications.
