Shorten Default "Files" URL from "Shared%20Documents" to "Docs"

This suggestion affects SharePoint Document Libraries and Microsoft Teams...

The URL for the default "Documents" document library in SharePoint is "Shared Documents", which in a URL is actually "Shared%20Documents" as spaces cannot exist in URLs and must be handled with the %20 character substitution.

This means that instead of being able to send a nice clean human readable URL to a file like:
https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing/Docs/Collateral/design.docx

We end up with:
https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing/Shared%20Documents/Collateral/design.docx

There are two (2) issues here:
1. Confusing "%20"
2. Unnecessary added length "%20Shared" can all be eliminated

This is confusing for users.

I would even go so far as to request that every time a user attempts to create a folder or file name containing spaces, like "First Quarter Budget", all Office Apps should gently offer to substitute the space with a underscore, instead creating "FirstQuarterBudget" with the former having a URL of /First%20Quarter%20Budget%20/ while the latter would be /FirstQuarterBudget/ which often appears as simply /First Quarter Budget/ as many apps and browsers display underscores like a space.

We have long had a practice of simply renaming every system generated "Shared Documents" folder to "Docs" by opening the SharePoint file system in Windows Explorer. This works great but we tried to do this with Teams created SharePoint Document Libraries and Teams can no longer find the files. Teams will display an error:
"These files are no longer available

Check to see if site is available and try again
File Not Found. Scenario ID: 054EB98E2263482ABC895CD147F5E50A"
We cannot seem to find any way to remap Teams to find the new location.

Additionally, when we click "+" and "SharePoint" in the channel and try to add the folder again, Teams doesn't allow the folder to be added, only the partner Document Library.

i.e., we can use + and "SharePoint" to add" the Team Document Library"
https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing/

but we cannot add the Folder assigned to the Channel "Collateral":
https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing/Docs/Collateral

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Brad PFEFFER shared this idea · February 06, 2018 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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