Wondering how to search file content on Dropbox? Here it is -- We have integrated Dropbox and it has been running stable for one month. If you have not noticed it, now is the time to checkout!
As usual, type anything in our search box, and things from your personal information sources are retrieved:
You can filter out a specific type, i.e. “file” in this example:
Click the file name and you are brought to Dropbox with that file highlighted:
Now, let’s try something advanced. Suppose you have a collection of Shakespeare’s works in your Dropbox. You are wondering in which play the character “Rousillon” appeared. Our full-text search gives you the answer:
Click and you are redirected to that file:
Note that Dropbox provide file content search as a premium service. It is free in Hyperlink and we are going to support more cloud storage providers in the future. Besides plain texts, some other types like PDF and PPT are also supported. It’s time for you to explore and tell us what you find.
BTW, you can choose to index the whole Dropbox or just some of the directories: