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1. A snapshot of contents within a Box drive folder

   Have you ever looked at a top-level Box folder and felt overwhelmed by the prospect of having to dig through and drill down to every sub-folder just to know what the contents are?

   Do you get discouraged at the thought of looking for a single file that could possibly exist way down the rabbit hole of Box folders and sub-folders?

   Would you rather have the ability to glance at a snapshot of an entire Box folder and all the sub-folders and files that exist within it?

   A simple yet effective solution is a "tree directory" view. This is a feature that doesn't exist yet, but with your vote, you could contribute towards making this feature come alive.

   Here is a mockup of what a folder snapshot in tree directory format could look like:
   https://ibm.box.com/s/qbvte48kglmnoe8bk53cwf79ktyr7yqs

   Have you ever looked at a top-level Box folder and felt overwhelmed by the prospect of having to dig through and drill down to every sub-folder just to know what the contents are?

   Do you get discouraged at the thought of looking for a single file that could possibly exist way down the rabbit hole of Box folders and sub-folders?

   Would you rather have the ability to glance at a snapshot of an entire Box folder and all the sub-folders and files that exist within it?

   A simple yet effective solution is a "tree directory" view. This is a feature… more

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   not planned  ·  Adminrmashintchian (Product Manager, Box) responded

   Thanks for the thoughtful suggestion (and mock-up!). At this time, it’s not planned, but we’ll keep this in mind for future enhancements to the product!

2. Drive: Search for offline files when disconnected from internet

   Box Drive should have search functionality when offline and for items that are marked for offline.

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3. Ability to view the contents of the login page on the login screen on Box Drive

   Currently, the login page settings that exist in the tenant settings are only visible in the web browser, not in Box Drive.
   Since many of our tenants use Box Drive, we would like to display the contents of the login page on the login screen on Box Drive as well.

   (In Japanese)
   現在、テナント設定に存在するログインページ設定は、Webブラウザ上でのみ表示され、Box Driveには表示されません。
   我々のテナントではBox Driveを利用しているユーザが多いため、Box Drive上のログイン画面にもログインページの内容を表示したい。

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4. I want to share only the necessary folders and files on the BOX drive

   Since it is troublesome to access BOX.com, I usually access and edit the necessary folders and files from the BOX drive, but it would be convenient to be able to display only the necessary folders and files. Currently, when you open a folder with "Windows + E", all the folders and files in "All files" of BOX.com are displayed on the BOX drive, but you do not access all of these, and you can save files that are accessed infrequently. I think you should check BOX.com to confirm.
   I think it would be useful to have options such as "Share with BOX Drive" and "Hide from BOX Drive" on BOX.com.

   BOX.comにわざわざアクセスするのが面倒なので、普段はBOXドライブから必要なフォルダやファイルにアクセスして編集しますが、必要なフォルダやファイルのみ表示ができるようになると便利です。現在は「Windows＋E」でフォルダを開くと、BOX.comの「すべてのファイル」にあるフォルダやファイルがすべてBOXドライブに表示されますが、これらすべてにアクセスすることはなく、参照頻度の少ないファイルを確認する際はBOX.comで確認すればよいと考えます。
   BOX.com上で「BOXドライブと共有する」や「BOXドライブに表示しない」などのオプションがあると便利だと思います。

   Since it is troublesome to access BOX.com, I usually access and edit the necessary folders and files from the BOX drive, but it would be convenient to be able to display only the necessary folders and files. Currently, when you open a folder with "Windows + E", all the folders and files in "All files" of BOX.com are displayed on the BOX drive, but you do not access all of these, and you can save files that are accessed infrequently. I think you should check BOX.com to confirm.
   I think it would be useful… more

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5. Help me find all the folders on my Box Drive that I have set to Offline.

   I set some folders of images, PDFs and other assets I use a lot to 'Offline' in Box Drive, also for projects I'm working on. However, over time this means a lot of syncing to my drive or for security reasons I want to put everything to Online. I'd love a way to search for all folders that are set to Offline so I can set all or some back to Online. As an alternative, one button in Box Drive that puts all Offline folders back to Online so I know I'm 100% in the cloud again.

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6. Request to improve the behavior of files with "Download and Print Restrictions" set on Box Drive

   In Shield > Access Policy, we are creating a classification label for the policy that has "Restrict downloading and printing" set as the security control.
   Depending on when you set this label classification, Box Drive may not have the limitations you expect.
   I would like to see an improvement so that files with "Download and Print Restrictions" set cannot be opened or copied in Box Drive from the moment the settings are set.

   The specific steps and events are as follows.
   1. Open the file before setting the classification label in Box Drive.
   2. Edit, save and close the file.
   3. Set a classification label for the file.
   4. Open the file in Box Drive.
   5. Although I have applied "download and print restrictions," I can open and save files on Box Drive. You can also copy to a local drive.

   Shield > アクセスポリシー で、セキュリティコントロールに「ダウンロードと印刷の制限」を設定したポリシーの分類ラベルを作成しています。
   この分類ラベルを設定するタイミングによって、Box Driveで期待する制限がかからない場合があります。
   「ダウンロードと印刷の制限」が設定されたファイルは、設定された時点からBox Driveでファイルを開いたりコピーしたりできないように改善をしてもらいたいです。

   具体的な手順と事象は以下のとおりです。
   １．分類ラベル設定前のファイルをBox Driveで開く。
   ２．編集、保存してファイルを閉じる。
   ３．当該ファイルに対して分類ラベルを設定する。
   ４．当該ファイルをBox Driveで開く。
   ５．「ダウンロードと印刷の制限」を適用しているが、Box Driveでファイルが開けて、保存もできる。ローカルドライブへのコピーもできる。

   In Shield > Access Policy, we are creating a classification label for the policy that has "Restrict downloading and printing" set as the security control.
   Depending on when you set this label classification, Box Drive may not have the limitations you expect.
   I would like to see an improvement so that files with "Download and Print Restrictions" set cannot be opened or copied in Box Drive from the moment the settings are set.

   The specific steps and events are as follows.
   1. Open the file before setting the classification label in Box Drive.
   2. Edit, save and close the… more

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7. Increase the start-up speed of Box Drive. It is SOOO slow to start!

   Every time I have to restart my computer it takes Box Drive a good 5-10 minutes to start. This is unacceptable for such a large enterprise like this. Even accessing my offline files cannot be done until Box Drive completely starts.

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8. Allow Users to 'Remove' all files from their BOX Drive as a right-click command

   It would be nice, instead of logging out of BOX Drive on my personal computer to 'remove' all files on my personal device (so anything that was cached or downloaded). Instead of having to 'log out' of the BOX drive app.

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9. "Enable Search for Offline Box Drive Folders in Native OS Tools"

   Make Box Drive folders/files that are marked for offline, searchable through OS's native search tools.

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10. Box drive should only show and sync the selected folder and left the unselected online only

    Box drive now allows you to hide folder. Be frankly this is useless. Because for most the IT users, we normally enabe showing hidden folder/files option in Windows explorer. So for more prefessional usage, the Box Drive should only show and sync the selected folders. The folders not selected should be left alone online.
    One example, I have a box drive hosting many folders. Each folder hosting one project. The projects could be from different client. When I work with client A, I only want client A project folder to be sync and shown on my desktop. But now the other project folders are also included in the sync set. Even it is hidden but as said as long as you enable showing hiddeng folder/file option, you can still see, more importantly access those folders and files. This leads to potencial data leak.
    The Box Drive is a good product but clearly it is not ready to be an enterprise or professional solution like Microsoft One Drive.

    Box drive now allows you to hide folder. Be frankly this is useless. Because for most the IT users, we normally enabe showing hidden folder/files option in Windows explorer. So for more prefessional usage, the Box Drive should only show and sync the selected folders. The folders not selected should be left alone online.
    One example, I have a box drive hosting many folders. Each folder hosting one project. The projects could be from different client. When I work with client A, I only want client A project folder to be sync and shown on my desktop. But now the… more

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11. Improve online Permissions integrations with Box Drive to local Applications (Excel)

    If a user is a "View only" collaborator in a folder on Box and they attempt to open a file with a program like Excel through Box Drive, they will receive an error message from Box Drive about not having permissions to save changes. This happens even if no changes are made, and the user is left with 'unsynced' files they must reconcile.

    In a similar experience on a "real NTFS" volume, Excel would display "Read-Only" beside the title of the file. No errors would be displayed unless the user attempted to actually save to the directory.

    Excel is not being made aware of the permissions in place ON Box and only sees the R/W permissions for the Users' local drive.
    This might affect other applications, but Excel is where we ran into it.

    If a user is a "View only" collaborator in a folder on Box and they attempt to open a file with a program like Excel through Box Drive, they will receive an error message from Box Drive about not having permissions to save changes. This happens even if no changes are made, and the user is left with 'unsynced' files they must reconcile.

    In a similar experience on a "real NTFS" volume, Excel would display "Read-Only" beside the title of the file. No errors would be displayed unless the user attempted to actually save to the directory.

    Excel is… more

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12. Sharing File paths with others in my organization on box drive

    Before my company switched to box we had a mac server. When directing people to files on this server we used a utility called PathSnagger where it copied the file path which you could then email to someone and it would become a clickable hyperlink. When you click it, it took you directly to that location on the server. It was great to be able to do this.

    With box, we cannot do that any longer with this utility because it copies the fully qualified path to your local computer. file:///Users/[username]/Library/CloudStorage/Box/[folder name]/[file or folder name] and since the recipient is on their own computer, the path breaks.

    We also all are using box drive to work locally rather than in a browser.

    I know we can copy or email a shared link to people, but that takes you to view it in a browser.

    What would be AMAZING if at all possible, would be for box to either be able to detect if a user has box drive installed and when they click the shared link, it instinctively knew you had it installed and throw a popup that says, "Would you like to open this link in box drive on your computer?" (or something similar) or if the browser view could identify that the viewer has box drive installed and include a button in the browser view that says something along the lines of "reveal in box drive"

    I know that Zoom can do something like this. when you click a zoom link to join a meeting, it takes you to your browser and shows a popup "Do you want to allow this page to open “zoom.us.app”?" and you can click Allow and it launches zoom.

    Before my company switched to box we had a mac server. When directing people to files on this server we used a utility called PathSnagger where it copied the file path which you could then email to someone and it would become a clickable hyperlink. When you click it, it took you directly to that location on the server. It was great to be able to do this.

    With box, we cannot do that any longer with this utility because it copies the fully qualified path to your local computer. file:///Users/[username]/Library/CloudStorage/Box/[folder name]/[file or folder name] and since… more

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13. Provide ability to obtain actual Windows path to a file in Box Drive.

    Rather than use shared links, customer wants to access files via direct windows paths

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14. Add a BOX datastore to allow native search on Windows

    Box can only be searched with the box search window, ctrl+shift+alt+b which is a workflow downgrade because it is not possible to search in a file browser and also it is much slower.

    The solution is to provide Windows with a BOX data store and send notification to the indexer when files are synced or changed, then search service will take care of everything for you and we win!
    The benefit of this method is that you have full control over what you feed the indexer so there is no security risk. For example you can let only filenames for viewer permissions, filename + content for edit permissions.
    reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/search/-search-indexing-process-overview

    The extra benefit of such solution is that you can deprecate the search code, less code to maintain = happier coder = more time for things that make the customer happy.

    Box can only be searched with the box search window, ctrl+shift+alt+b which is a workflow downgrade because it is not possible to search in a file browser and also it is much slower.

    The solution is to provide Windows with a BOX data store and send notification to the indexer when files are synced or changed, then search service will take care of everything for you and we win!
    The benefit of this method is that you have full control over what you feed the indexer so there is no security risk. For example you can let only filenames for… more

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15. Add verification question when moving files in Box Drive using File Explorer

    In the web box.com environment moving folders or files is verified with a question. This is not the case using Box Drive and moiving files or folders using File Explorer.

    A similar question as in box.com and if you delete files in Files Explorer should have been added for moving files in Box Drive. By accident root folder containing hundreds of GB may be moved and hidden into subfolders causing severe problems.

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16. Use Box (cloud, not drive) as browser's download location

    I need a solution for preventing files downloaded from the web from being saved directly to my device. This puts sensitive client information on the device and requires me to delete the file after uploading it to Box, and hackers can still find information on a hard drive that has been "deleted". It would be much more secure if I could select Box as the browser's location where all downloads are stored. It seems this should be possible with Box's browser extension.

    Box Drive is not an acceptable solution for this since it is just as accessible as all the other storage locations on my computer should my computer be compromised.

    I need a solution for preventing files downloaded from the web from being saved directly to my device. This puts sensitive client information on the device and requires me to delete the file after uploading it to Box, and hackers can still find information on a hard drive that has been "deleted". It would be much more secure if I could select Box as the browser's location where all downloads are stored. It seems this should be possible with Box's browser extension.

    Box Drive is not an acceptable solution for this since it is just as accessible as… more

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17. Box Drive should ignore files would be in a hidden folder/directory

    Box Drive should ignore files would be in a hidden folder/directory. For example, this file has a parent folder that is named ".Rproj.user" which starts with a dot.

    Box/Project plans/epigenomics/.Rproj.user/BE079F78/sources/session-2efd7e0c/lock_file

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18. differentiate owner in "windows explorer"

    no way to differentiate folders I own and folders shared with me using box drive with windows explorer interface

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19. Allowing Box Drive to be enabled or disabled for specific users or groups

    I have found it inconvenient that Box Drive can only be enabled or disabled for all users uniformly.

    I believe that allowing Box Drive to be enabled or disabled for specific users or groups would provide more flexible operation. Implementing this feature could enhance security and operational efficiency. I would greatly appreciate your consideration of this request.

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20. Thumbnail Support for Box Drive

    Especially useful in a marketing/creative shared folder

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    delivered  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Box) responded

    This feature was delivered for Windows in Box Drive v2.25 and for macOS in Box Drive v2.40!