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Bug 356545 - Easy way to hide files: context menu and wildcards
Easy way to hide files: context menu and wildcards
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129173
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.16.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 621275 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-09-18 14:25 UTC by Karl Lattimer
Modified: 2011-02-05 15:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Karl Lattimer 2006-09-18 14:25:34 UTC 
I have in the past used the .hidden file in gnome to hide files. There are two important features which are not available.

1) The file has to be created manually, right clicking and "Hide this file" or having a method in the properties dialog for achieving this would be appropriate.
2) Hiding files based on wild cards, for instance *.pyc should also be added. Possibly through a context menu item "Hide files of this type"

Other information:
Comment 1 Karl Lattimer 2006-09-18 14:27:35 UTC 
AFAIK no wildcards are supported in the .hidden file at present. I probably should have mentioned that I don't know how or if this is possible at present.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2010-07-10 11:57:47 UTC 
*** Bug 621275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Allan Day 2010-07-10 12:01:32 UTC 
Renaming for clarity. I'm not entirely sure whether this should be provided by default. A script or plugin might be appropriate though.
Comment 4 jhansonxi 2011-02-04 22:53:01 UTC 
Bug #129173 is similar to this one.
Comment 5 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-02-05 15:01:37 UTC 
Yeah, this is actually a duplicate bug.Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 129173 ***