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Cloud folder browsing

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A map connected to cloud storage used to need a share link for the folder, created first and pasted in. Now you sign in to Dropbox from the connect step and browse your own folders, picking either a QGIS project inside one or the folder itself.

That removes the need to make the container folder shareable at all. A folder of maps can stay entirely private while each map folder inside it has its own sharing, which matters on Dropbox plans where a folder inside a shared folder cannot be shared separately.

A folder with no .qgs file in it works too: Groundwork reads the GeoJSON it finds, picking up a matching style file where there is one.

How to try it

  1. Create a map and choose Dropbox in the connect step.
  2. Click Connect to Dropbox and sign in: a one-off.
  3. Browse to the folder holding your project and pick the .qgs file, or the folder itself.

Publishing to a cloud folder in the Administrator Guide covers this in full.