This feature is available only for documents.
When you open a document on your mobile device, Box displays a preview of the document's contents, one page at a time. Using your Settings tab, you can select how Box fits the displayed page to your device's screen.
Display modes
When displaying the preview of a page, Box uses one of two display modes: Fit to Width or Fit to Screen.
Fit to Width
This is the Box default option.
When you open a document on your mobile device, Box fits the page to the width of your device's screen, and enables you to
- scroll up and down through the page, and
- scroll to the previous or next page.
Fit to Screen
When you open a document on your mobile device, Box fits the full page onto your device's screen, and enables you to
- see the entire page without scrolling, and
- scroll to the previous or next page.
Selecting display mode
To select how Box Preview fits the displayed page to the screen of your mobile device:
- In the top-left of your Box account's screen, tap your avatar to go the the Settings page.
- Tap File & Folders and then Page Display.
- Tap:
- Fit to Width (default) - To fit the page to the width of the screen. Afterwards, depending on the aspect ratio of your mobile device's screen, you may need to scroll through the displayed page to see its entire contents.
- Fit to Screen - To fit the entire page onto the screen. Afterwards, you'll be able to see the entire displayed page without scrolling.
After you select a display mode, Box uses that mode to display all previews of documents on your device until you change the mode.