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LincolnDeMaris
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Apr 16, 2019

Update: Document Sets in Modern Document Libraries

I am pleased to announce some updates on the plan and timeline for improving the Document Set experience in modern document libraries.   In January, we communicated a March delivery date for thes...
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Jul 25, 2019

Michael_Silverstein I understand the bug exists in classic mode for the icon but it's not clear if you have any intention on fixing it. Is this something your team is working on at all? It's something so silly to just leave out there for years without implementing a fix and then going to roll out a whole new experience and continue to have the same bugs as before. 

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Michael_Silverstein
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Jul 25, 2019
iDrive wrote:

Michael_Silverstein I understand the bug exists in classic mode for the icon but it's not clear if you have any intention on fixing it. Is this something your team is working on at all? It's something so silly to just leave out there for years without implementing a fix and then going to roll out a whole new experience and continue to have the same bugs as before. 

iDrive The icon for folders which have been changed to document sets is something we're looking into - I agree that we should try to improve this in the new UI. A related issue is that these document sets will be sorted in with the folders, rather than listed among the files, in a document library view. This is harder to fix, since we don't have a straightforward way to update that sorting behavior on existing items.

 

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