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Accessing your files using the Nextcloud Web interface
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You can access your Nextcloud files with the Nextcloud Web interface and create,
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preview, edit, delete, share, and re-share files. Your Nextcloud administrator
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has the option to disable these features, so if any of them are missing on your
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system ask your server administrator.
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.. figure:: ../images/users-files.png
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:alt: The Files view screen.
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Tagging files
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You can assign tags to files. To create tags, open a file to the Details view.
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Then type your tags. To enter more than one tag press the return key after
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creating each tag. All tags are system tags, and are shared by all users on your
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Nextcloud server.
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-7.png
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:alt: Creating file tags.
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Then use the Tags filter on the left sidebar to filter files by tags:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-8.png
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:alt: Viewing file tags.
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Comments
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Use the Details view to add and read comments on any file or folder. Comments
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are visible to everyone who has access to the file:
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.. figure:: ../images/file_menu_comments_2.png
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:alt: Creating and viewing comments.
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Video player
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You can play videos in Nextcloud with the Video Player app by simply clicking on
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the file. Video streaming by the native Nextcloud video player depends on your Web browser
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and the video format. If your Nextcloud administrator has enabled video
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streaming, and it doesn't work in your Web browser, it may be a browser issue. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats#Browser_compatibility for supported multimedia formats in Web browsers.
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.. figure:: ../images/video_player_2.png
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:alt: Watching a movie.
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File controls
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Nextcloud can display thumbnail previews for various file types, such as images, audio files, and text files.
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The specific types supported are up to the server administrator.
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Hover your cursor over a file or folder to expose the controls for the following operations:
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Favorites
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Click the star to the left of the file icon to mark it as a favorite:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-1.png
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:alt: Marking Favorite files.
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You can also quickly find all of your favorites with the Favorites filter on the left
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sidebar.
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Overflow Menu
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The Overflow menu (three dots) displays file details, and allows you to
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rename, download, or delete files:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-3.png
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:alt: Overflow menu.
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The Details view shows Activities, Sharing, and Versions information:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-4.png
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:alt: Details screen.
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The **Settings** gear icon at the lower left allows you to show or hide hidden
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files in your Nextcloud Web interface. These are also called dotfiles, because
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they are prefixed with a dot, e.g. ``.mailfile``. The dot tells your operating
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system to hide these files in your file browsers, unless you choose to display
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them. Usually these are configuration files, so having the option to hide them
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reduces clutter.
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.. figure:: ../images/hidden_files.png
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:alt: Hiding or displaying hidden files.
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Previewing files
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You can display uncompressed text files, OpenDocument files, videos, and image
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files in the Nextcloud embedded viewers by clicking on the file name. There may
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be other file types you can preview if your Nextcloud administrator has enabled
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them. If Nextcloud cannot display a file, it starts a download process and
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downloads the file to your computer.
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Navigating inside your Nextcloud
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Navigating through folders in Nextcloud is as simple as clicking on a folder to
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open it and using the back button on your browser to move to a previous level.
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Nextcloud also provides a navigation bar at the top of the Files field for quick
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navigation.
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Sharing status icons
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Any folder that has been shared is marked with the ``Shared`` overlay icon.
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Public link shares are marked with a chain link. Unshared folders are not marked:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-5.png
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:alt: Share status icons.
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Creating or uploading files and directories
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Upload or create new files or folders directly in a Nextcloud folder by clicking
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on the *New* button in the Files app:
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.. figure:: ../images/files_page-6.png
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:alt: The New file/folder/upload menu.
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The *New* button provides the following options:
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Up arrow
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Upload files from your computer into Nextcloud. You can also upload files by
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dragging and dropping them from your file manager.
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Text file
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Creates a new text file and adds the file to your current folder.
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Folder
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Creates a new folder in the current folder.
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Selecting files or folders
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You can select one or more files or folders by clicking on their checkboxes. To
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select all files in the current directory, click on the checkbox located at the
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top of the files listing.
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When you select multiple files, you can delete all of them, or download them as
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a ZIP file by using the ``Delete`` or ``Download`` buttons that appear at the
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top.
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.. note:: If the ``Download`` button is not visible, the administrator has
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disabled this feature.
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Filtering the files view
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The left sidebar on the Files page contains several filters for quickly sorting
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and managing your files.
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All files
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The default view; displays all files that you have access to.
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Favorites
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Files or folders marked with the yellow star.
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Shared with you
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Displays all files shared with you by another user or group.
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Shared with others
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Displays all files that you have shared with other users or groups.
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Shared by link
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Displays all files that are shared by you via public link.
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External Storage (optional)
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Files that you have access to on external storage devices and services such
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as Amazon S3, SMB/CIFS, FTP…
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Moving files
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You can move files and folders by dragging and dropping them into any directory.
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Creating or connecting to a Federation Share link
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Federated Cloud Sharing allows you to mount file shares from remote Nextcloud
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servers, and manage them just like a local share. See :doc:`federated_cloud_sharing`
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to learn to how to create and connect to new Federated Cloud shares.
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