Accessing Files And Folders With The Web Interface

The Files tab in the web interface will bring you to your Dropbox folder. This folder is exactly the same as the folder on your devices; any files that you've placed into your folder on your computers are accessible through this part of the web interface.

When you click on a file in the web interface your browser will make an effort to open it. This is simple if the file in question is a common text or image file, but your success with more complex files will obviously be limited.

You can download files using two different methods. If you simply want to download a single file you need to hover your mouse over the file in question. The file will become highlighted and a drop-down menu will appear on the right. If you click that arrow a list of options will appear, one of which is the Download File option. It does what you'd expect. You can also download an entire folder using this method: folders are retrieved as .zip files