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12. Desktop Plugins

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Desktop plug-in does not indicate that a file has been locked

Once a file has been locked, there is no warning for the user. Actually, there is no way how to check whether a file is locked or unlocked - there is no status message and the pop-up menu shows both the lock and unlock options - at least in Mac OS...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Allow direct download of desktop plug-in (not via Flexnet)

Nowadays users can download desktop plug-ins only via HCL Flexnet - which nobody manages to do so. Even many adminisrators have troubles to download files from Flexnet and update download links in Connections (My Drive page) regularly. Therefore u...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Copy and Paste without possible disable follow function - Desktop Plugin

Is it possible to integrate copy and paste from desktop to desktop plugin. in a separate display it is possible to add follow function or disable follow function. background for this idea is we want to migrate lots of GB Data to Files Applikation ...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

Windows Desktop Plugin should be able to search through every Connections folder with the search function

Currently it is only possible to search within the currently opened folder. The users expect that the search function checks the entire hierarchy instead of one folder. This is the way Windows is doing it so the users expect the same behavior from...
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Share a link to a folder via the windows desktop plugin

With the additional registry entry "EnableSmartLinks" it is possible to share a link to a specific file within the Windows Desktop Plugin. If someone uses the link then the file automatically opens with Microsoft Office. Additionally it would be v...
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Preview of images not working with uppercase JPG extensions with Connections Desktop Plug-ins

If an image file gets uploaded with uppercase file type extension (.JPG/.PNG) through Connections Desktop Plug-ins preview of images are not available.The issue was reported for the preview displayed in the activity stream. For example, if an user...
almost 5 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer / 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Access multiple accounts in the Connections Notes Plugin

I'm requesting the ability to connect to more than one account within the Connections Notes plugin, for example, an on-prem account and a Cloud account. This is already available in the Connections Desktop plugin.
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

Enable "Edit on Desktop" for all file types and not only for these with the ability to be edited in Docs

Please extend the option given by the option "enable round trip edit in the highway service /connections/config/connections/config/highway.main.settings.tiles" to chose to edit a file on the local device by launching it trough the Desktop PlugIns ...
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files / 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Ask user to confirm that he is aware that he is uploading to an externally accessible community when using the plugins to upload a file to an external community

There is no differentiation between internal/external communities in the plugins. Therefor users can easily place documents in external communities without realizing they do so. Ideally a user should be prompted (popup with OK/CANCEL) when droppin...
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Automatically update the status of a library (ccm) file (check-in/check-out) in the windows desktop plugin when this changes.

When a file gets checked-in or checked-out via the browser while the folder is displayed in the desktop plugin, the status information of the file is not refreshed automatically.
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement