GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 167740
Show hidden and backup files" preference option does nothing
Last modified: 2008-11-10 20:31:14 UTC
with the current version the preferences option doesn't work. The menu item works fine.
I was looking in GConf editor and there appears to be a missing key show_hidden_files. The menu item works and correctly toggles show/hide hidden files but the UI needs to toggle a boolean value for the missing key show_hidden_files to persist the setting.
Confirmed, seeing this with Nautilus 2.9.91. If you open nautilus-file-management-properties, there is a toggle for "Show hidden and Backup files" ... this toggle correctly sets/unsets the following two gconf keys: /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_backup_files /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_hidden_files However, it does not produce the same behavior as if you: 1) Open a nautilus window 2) select View->Show Hidden Files
Yeah, we should update the file list if the pref has been changed and there was no special key set for the currently displayed location (which can be done through View->Show Hidden Files).
Dont think this is a bug. I wrote the show hidden stuff and it works as follows: The preference setting always applies to browser but only applies to spacial windows that have not had this setting previously set. That is a spacial window remembers whether to show/hide files for a particular folder just like it remembers its last window position and size so if you change it in the view menu spatial will remember that setting for that folder only and the prefs show hidden option will no longer affect it.
works fine now
In response to #4: How do you make a spatial window forget it has had this set -- ie, use the global setting? Also, while I agree it's logical for spatial windows to override and remember their setting, it's not clear in the preference panel that the setting won't apply to everything. The checkbox caption could do to state this (not sure how to do that concisely... I'll ponder it)
It works fine with me now (nautilus 2.25.1). Should be marked as CLOSED or OBSOLETE.
Yes, works fine here as well now. Closing as OBSOLETE.