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03. Files

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Show file is locked icon when in "Show All" inside Community

In the Overview page in your Community, you can see behind the file a locked-icon. This icon dissapears when you press show all. In the All Files overview, you cannot see if the file is locked or not, you have to open it first.
about 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Allow community owners to decide how they want the files in their community sorted

Currently files in community files/folders are sorted by last edit date. Sometimes owners want it to be sorted alphabetically. Please allow community owners a setting to do this. As an example, in CCM libraries this is also possible .
over 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Video Playback on Apple Devices

The integrated video player, which is used to preview videos uploaded to Files, does not work in Safari on macOS nor in Mobile Safari on iOS or iPadOS. Please upgrade the player to support those devices.
over 4 years ago in 03. Files 2 Already Exists

Convert community file to personal file

Currently it is possible to convert a personal file to a community file, but not yet the other way around
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Deleting folders doesn't delete files within that folder

If a folder is deleted inside a Community, the files that were contained in the folder are not deleted. Instead they are still available in the "All files" section of the Community. Only the association of the file with the folder is being deleted...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 2 No Plans to Implement

Administrator can turn off to share Files to externals.

Many customers request the feature to prohibit user to share files to external for their security policy. Org admin should have the option to turn off to share files to externals.
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Connections Windows Explorer Integration

I would like: The possibility to Add To Folder from "My Files" section Also Copy/Paste directly under "My Folders" to upload new version or add a file. I would also like to access Files uploaded to Blogs via the Windows Explorer.
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name

For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name, no additional metadata such as the community it belongs to.I definitely see the value in having the additional data since some content may be app...
about 6 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

Possibility to get notified if a user starts downloading a lot of data

Customer suggests to consider the possibility to get a notification as an admin or at least to see it in a log file or whatever if some internal users are downloading big data from communities? What I'm thinking about is something similar to the d...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Make files actionable by using activities and relations

When working with files, it would be VERY helpful if you could do a simple thing: Connect files to activities right in the file preview right panel. Therefor I recommend another tab called relations where you can do this: add relations between fi...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration