# Open files in a panel

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/open-files-in-a-panel/11186>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/open-files-in-a-panel/11186 "2026-08-19T22:50:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathan\_jay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nathan_jay/32/11899_2.png) [@nathan\_jay](https://community.fibery.io/u/nathan_jay)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/open-files-in-a-panel/11186/3 "2026-08-20T23:24:23Z")

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👍 files should be in a side panel

> [@Improving the Files Field: Naming, Sharing, and Organization](https://community.fibery.io/t/improving-the-files-field-naming-sharing-and-organization/8486/26):
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> A lot of improvements have been made over the last few months which is great. But I thought I should keep adding to this especially the “Organisation” of files to hopefully keep going. We have entities that could have 20+ files attached but I don’t yet move them into Fibery because of the limitations. Since the Files field can now be displayed a a List view (which is great): If they look like Lists they should behave more like Lists. On click the file should open in side panel (I don’t lik…

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