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  1. Selecting files on the Box UI

    I recently noticed a change in Box in the while you can select files. Before, you can click on a filename or multiple filenames and it would just be a selection. Now it seems to launch the file. If you want to select the file you have to click on the ballot box to the it’s right now. Our team much prefers the previous way before it was closer to how a desktop UI behaves.

    28 votes

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    not planned  ·  11 comments  ·  New UI  ·  Admin →
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  2. Drag and drop files or use file ID or folder ID

    When you want to add single files or folders, it would be great to be able to add them simply using their IDs or dragging them from another Box window

    31 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Box Hubs  ·  Admin →
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  3. Direct Links for files on Box Drive

    We have Excel files that reference each other that we moved from local drives to Box Drive. The links change to whatever box folder we move them to, but the path is listed as "C:\users\username\filename"... etc. We need these links to reference the actual Box URL so that other people who have access to the file can still get the updated reference.

    46 votes

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  4. Prioritize specific files for upload

    Hi, as someone who has to uploads and shares a lot of large image files through box, each over 1gb, it would be nice to have a way to prioritize which files get uploaded first.

    5 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  5. Ability to Annotate / Markup Files (documents, images, etc.)

    Users can currently comment on files, and this request is to extend that functionality to allow users to add annotations to specific locations within a document or file.

    Specific types of annotations to support:
    — Drawing (e.g., circles, arrows, freehand, etc.)
    — Point
    — Highlight

    52 votes

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  6. Co-edit password-protected files

    Under current specifications, password-protected files are not supported by Box for Office Online and cannot be co-edited.
    The password must be removed on the file for collaborative editing.
    We request the ability to collaborate on editing even passworded files, such as being able to temporarily remove the password on Box.

    6 votes

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  7. offline files and selective sync

    I would like to see the ability to mark files and folders for local or offline storage. Currently box drive allows for only the folder to be marked offline or downloaded locally. When I don't need to have a file downloaded anymore there is not a way for me to mark them offline. I have tried marking the folder offline but that doesn't work to make the files I want offline. Additionally, this would cause all files that I do want locally to become offline. Dropbox currently has the ability to selectively sync the files and or folders that I…

    6 votes

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  8. Zip Files File Viewer

    Request: Viewer to just show the files that are part of the zip.

    Hope that makes sense.

    3 votes

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  9. Ability to lock down folders to prevent accidental moving of files or deletion

    Ability to lock down folders to prevent accidental moving of files or deletion

    49 votes

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    13 comments  ·  Box Tools  ·  Admin →
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    Because of the downstream impacts, we will not be solving this problem as requested. We will be looking at a more holistic approach to prevent unintended consequences of file operations.

  10. Show uploaded files in the recent page.

    Show uploaded files in the recent page.

    I do have cases that I want to view the files I uploaded recently. However, if I uploaded a file without previewing, it doesn't come up the list.

    6 votes

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  11. separate owned file/folders view from all files/folders view

    We need the ability when viewing a users list of files and folders to show only content owned by user. Right now files that have any collaboration at all do not show differently if owned by user or not. Ideally, we could toggle a view filter to show only files/folders owned by user if needed.

    8 votes

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  12. Metadata table(row: files, column: metadata keys)

    We are looking for a table type of view of files(row) and metadata keys(column), that allows us to be able to configure their own views of data in Box.

    It allows us to...
    - configure the view with applying metadata templates(can select the keys to show)
    - filter and sort the view
    - update metadata directly from this view
    - export the view of data to a csv file

    This sort of solution helps users to reduce the time spent for searching the content and updating the metadata values(and it would be competitive with SharePoint library view).

    90 votes

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    A box-native metadata table is not currently on the roadmap, but we have launched our metadata query toolkit alongside a content-explorer element that can emulate the same experience.

  13. Co-Owner/Owner ability to restore files

    Allow Co-owners/Owners of a folder have the ability to see who deleted an item and have the ability to restore the files.

    14 votes

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  14. Ability to sync individual files,

    The ability to sync an individual file would be very useful. I often just need a few files if i'm on a flight for example and don't need the whole folder. Copying into a new folder just to sync an individual file is not a great solution.

    9 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  15. Box AI for Hubs - Address # of files in Hub

    The Hub functionality works regardless of the number of files available to be viewed from the link(s) listed on the hub page. However, Box AI for Hubs has a restriction of 10,000 files that can be indexed, which includes files that may be nested under the link shown in the hub. Given this, it would be helpful if we could manually disable Box AI for Hubs on specific hubs that we know are indexed for over 10K files so that users do not get an error message on those hubs when they try to use Box AI. (Possibly hiding the…

    15 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Box Hubs  ·  Admin →
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  16. Add Live Presentation feature for powerpoint files saved on Box

    Microsoft has released Live presentation features for powerpoint files. This is available for powerpoint files saved on Onedrive or sharepoint but not available .pptx files saved on Box

    8 votes

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  17. Allow users to limit simultaneous uploads

    We would like to control the number of uploads that upload simultaneously (ie ability to limit to 1). The belief is that, if files are uploading 5 at a time, and they fail 80% of the way through upload, you have to start again, whereas if it was uploading 1 at a time, and worked its way through 80 percent of the queue, less files would need to be retried

    4 votes

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  18. Re-add 'Print' option to Shared File / Folder pages

    The legacy Shared File/Folder page had a native 'print' button on it. However, this Print option was removed on the new version of those pages.

    1 vote

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  19. Support for Macro-enabled Files

    Macro-enabled Excel files (xlsm) can be previewed in Box (albeit a little slow to generate preview), but macro-enabled Word files (docm) cannot be previewed.

    Neither document type is officially listed as a supported file type (https://community.box.com/t5/Managing-Your-Content/What-file-types-are-supported-by-Box-s-Content-Preview/ta-p/327), so it would be expected that both work the same way (either be previewable or not).

    6 votes

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  20. progress when move files

    Similar to when Upload files to Box, show a progress bar when Move files within Box. This is particularly helpful when move over a large number of files and folders.

    2 votes

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