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When using Dropbox from a web browser and clicking on a file, I would like to have the option of setting it to always default the opening that file in another tab or another window.
Hey @fwallro, thanks for your feedback on this; it's been noted in our system.
As for opening files on a new browser window, you could try middle (or control) clicking on them. This seems to work just fine for me on Chrome.
Let me know if that helps!
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Sorry, that's not what I'm asking about, I already know how to do that and it is a very clumsy and inefficient process requiring multiple clicks. What I'm looking for is to set a default action when clicking on a file, when in my browser, that automatically opens file in a new tab. That is not something that DropBox has, but it would be very helpful for those of us who do most of our work through a browser.
Thanks for the additional feedback and elaborating on your use-case @fwallro
Let us know if you have anything else to add.
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Settings->Apps->Default Editing Apps.
Set to "Open with" rather than "View on dropbox.com"
I had to unset and set to get it to pick up the settings correctly.
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