Allow user configurable files and folder list length in list view
As we move file shares into Box, we are getting more and more users who want to see/configure a longer list(or possibly scrollable list) in the files/folder list view. Essentially, they don't want to have to click every 20 files or so to browser their way through a list of 1000 files in a folder -- they just want to see what's there.
Gretchen Beck
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Anonymous
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I have a folder with about 1000 files, and let's say I'm looking for file rst-rev4.pdf. Or, was it rst-rev6? Who can remember, maybe I'll just scroll down to it. My sub-folders have, say, rst-rev3.pdf, rst-rev2.pdf, etc., so the web site search feature doesn't really help me. On top of this, I have a slow internet connection. So, for me to find rst-rev4.pdf, I have to scroll down ... wait for stuff to load ... scroll some more ... hopefully after the web page loads again this time rst-rev4.pdf will be in view! No, scroll some more...
I would expect CTRL+F on my browser to take me exactly where I need to go on the page. But it doesn't work, and instead I have to keep guessing where to scroll to find the file I'm looking for.
So, please consider users with 1000 files in a folder, and slow internet connections, and let all filenames be immediately visible on the page when the page loads. This is how Windows Explorer worked for all times, I would expect this basic function on box.com as well.
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Anonymous
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Users can do this, to a degree already. From your profile drop-down, select "Account Settings". On the "Account" tab, in the "General Options" section, you'll see a "Files and Folders Per Page" where you can customize it up to 100. This has really helped our struggles with Pagination.