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Bug 542356 - It is not apparent how to change the "show hidden files" setting
It is not apparent how to change the "show hidden files" setting
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143599
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-07-10 11:34 UTC by ratman97
Modified: 2009-11-08 14:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description ratman97 2008-07-10 11:34:53 UTC 
It should be synchronized with the Nautilus "show hidden files" setting

Other information:
At some point, I discovered that I could turn this option on by right-clicking.  Later, I had forgotten this, and couldn't fix it until I complained to Keybuk
Comment 1 Florent V. 2009-09-24 20:28:28 UTC 
I support this claim; or at least i think it should be thought out and decided.

For the sake of desktop integration, some optional coordination between GtkFileChooser and Nautilus would be nice. It could be that GtkFileChooser appears to many users as a "mini-Nautilus for picking a file or place to save a file", though i have no data supporting that hypothesis.

I was going to suggest that GtkFileChooser piggybacks on Nautilus settings, then i used gconf-editor to research such settings, and i must say i'm confused. Here is what i found (this is Gnome 2.26.1):

- No gconf setting for hidden files in GtkFileChooser dialogs (none that i found).
- One setting for Nautilus, but branded as a global Gnome setting: /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_hidden_files.
- Nautilus uses that last setting allright. GtkFileChooser dialogs don't.
- View preferences set in one GtkFileChooser dialog are saved, and used by other dialogs even from other applications (i verified that with Firefox and gedit… not a comprehensive test, i know).

I can't explore the code for GtkFileChooser or other relevant parts, so i may have missed some information.

Anyway, this looks like GtkFileChooser dialogs should use the global Gnome setting /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_hidden_files.
Comment 2 Florent V. 2009-09-24 20:34:02 UTC 
Duplicate of #143599, sorry.
Comment 3 André Klapper 2009-11-08 14:24:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 143599 ***