After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 699076 - Nautilus upgrade resets hidden file status
Nautilus upgrade resets hidden file status
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 640442
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-04-27 20:47 UTC by mschu.dev
Modified: 2013-04-28 11:58 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description mschu.dev 2013-04-27 20:47:02 UTC 
nautilus 3.8.1 on Archlinux

Problem:
Every time I open nautilus, it shows dot (hidden) files and directories. If I hide dotfiles (Ctrl+H), close and reopen nautilus these files are visible again. I would expect nautilus to remember my preferences.

This is a regression over 3.6.x. Reproducible every time.
Comment 1 António Fernandes 2013-04-28 08:03:59 UTC 
I think there was no change from 3.6 to 3.8 with relation to this.

The "Show Hidden Files" option in the View menu (or Ctrl+H) affects only the current view. 

There is a "Show hidden and backup files" checkbox in the Preferences which controls the default for all new windows.

Can you check your Preferences?
Comment 2 mschu.dev 2013-04-28 10:25:21 UTC 
Looking at the preferences, the active option was indeed to show hidden files (and deactivating it produces the desired behaviour).

So I think the report should be: nautilus does not remember user preferences when updating from 3.6 to 3.8.

I don't know if you consider this a bug or a feature. Please close/fix appropriately.
Comment 3 António Fernandes 2013-04-28 10:59:40 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> So I think the report should be: nautilus does not remember user preferences
> when updating from 3.6 to 3.8.

If the preferences were changed without any user intervention, that is a bug somewhere (not necessarily nautilus).

This is not a reset to defaults, because the default option is not to show hidden files.

Are you sure the preference was not changed by someone using your computer?
Comment 4 mschu.dev 2013-04-28 11:17:16 UTC 
Yes, I am. No one else used the computer, nautilus did not show hidden files before the update to 3.8 but did show them after (with the option enabled).

Anyway, it's not a major issue when setting the option works.
Comment 5 António Fernandes 2013-04-28 11:58:02 UTC 
If you are ok with that, I'll close this bug. Testing the upgrade problem would require downgrading and upgrading again, and it may not even be reproducible. If I see another user reporting the same upgrade problem, I'll reopen this then.

Aside from that, it seems that the difference between Ctrl+H and the option in the preference is not obvious for some users. We got a similar report a year ago, so I'm marking this as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 640442 ***