GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 333467
make Templates folder hidden
Last modified: 2012-07-20 22:11:11 UTC
you could move it into ~/.config/ for instance. I think that changing Templates is not such a frequent action that it should have a permanently visble directory in $HOME. It is also quite annoying if you use desktop_is_home_dir, so you will have Templates on your Desktop... Other information:
I'd call that a feature, not a bug! Templates are very under-appreciated...
i think directory should be renamable via gconf. And default name should be hidden.
If anything, the Templates feature should be made _more_ discoverable, not less (by hiding it)!
Maybe a right click item can do this. Right Click > Create Document Create Empty Document -------------------- Edit Templates Templates Directory default location should be editable via gconf. And some default templates should be add.
(In reply to comment #3) > If anything, the Templates feature should be made _more_ discoverable, not less > (by hiding it)! but there is no sense in advertising it at any cost - it should be only displayed when it makes sense. And I dont that this applies to a user browsing his files. A more appropriate place would be, like Firat suggested, the context dialog when the user wants to create a new file.
You can move the templates directory to another location using http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/. And the desktop_is_home_dir setting is gone now.