GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 62551
allow user to hide arbitrary files by setting a property
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
when using the home directory as the desktop, many programs leave files in there that clutter it up, i.e. minicom leaves minicom.log, KDE leaves the Desktop and autosave directories, etc. it would be nice if the user were able to some how set a property in each file that would dictate if it would show up or not, and this could be stored in the metadata. this may be a problem for newbies however, so a quick way of showing those files should be added too this may be more confusing than its worth, but i like a tidy desktop :)
*** Bug 64201 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 75648 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 81133 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 104632 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Suggest up'ing priority due to high visibility and several duplicate reports?
Increasing priority for high visibility and frequent reporting.
Later nautilus releases have .hidden like .cvsignore. Just list files you don't want shown in there. Closing.