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File Chooser Should Hide Dotfiles

Asked by Nikolaus Rath

How can I convince the standard gnome file chooser to hide dotfiles? I have about 132 dotfiles and -directories in my home directory - that makes finding ordinary files really cumbersome.

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Jensen Somers (jsomers) said : 		#1

From the menu bar: view - show hidden files. Uncheck it.

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Nikolaus Rath (nikratio) said : 		#2

The GNOME file chooser does not have a menu bar. It's a dialog.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

With Ubuntu Gutsy i don't view hidden files ( .xxxxx ) into file chooser.
To do this open a filechooser with an application right click with mouse and select/deselect the checkbox "Hide hidden files"

HTH

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Nikolaus Rath (nikratio) said : 		#4

Uh, stupid. Could have thought of that myself. Thanks for your help.

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Roger Keays (roger-ilikespam) said : 		#5

This had been bugging me for months. I can't believe the solution was so simple.