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Rei3e
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

There's a change in the way files preview with grey boxes around.

Hi there! Dropbox recently updated the preview image experience and there is now grey shadow boxed around all of the image previews. Unfortunately, for individuals such as myself who have to cull thr...
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simonDBX
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Hi Rei3e - we're working on a longer term solution to give users more control over the size of the tiles. But in the short term, would it be helpful if the size of the tiles was overall larger? More similar in size to what they were previously in the large grid view?

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Tyto
Helpful | Level 6
12 months ago

Yes, that would be helpful! The image previews used to fill the entire tile, now half of the space is wasted by this gray box frame.

The image previews should be as large as they used to be in the "Large Grid" view, any solution would be appreciated!

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