Compact / Dense File View – More Files and Search Results per Screen
The current Box web interface uses far too much screen real estate per file/folder, particularly for organizations that work with very large project directories.
At 100% browser zoom, both the List and Grid views display significantly fewer files than would reasonably fit on the screen. Large row heights, padding, thumbnails, and other UI elements make browsing folders or reviewing search results unnecessarily slow.
Our users routinely work in project folders containing hundreds or thousands of engineering, survey, CAD, imagery, and PDF files. In that environment, filename density is much more important than large previews or generous spacing.
We would like Box to provide a true Compact/Dense view that:
- Significantly reduces row height and vertical padding in List view.
- Provides a smaller-thumbnail option in Grid view.
- Allows substantially more files/search results to be visible without scrolling.
- Ideally lets users select display density: Comfortable / Compact / Dense.
- Preserves filenames, modified date, size, and other useful metadata while reducing unused whitespace.
A Windows Explorer-style compact view would be a good model. On a normal business monitor at 100% browser zoom, users should be able to see several times more results than the current Box interface permits.
For organizations with very large file repositories, this is not simply cosmetic. The current layout materially affects navigation efficiency when users are browsing or searching through thousands of files.
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