Bug 125525

Summary:	feature request: hidden folders for collection-scanning
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Benedikt Haus <benedikt.h>
Component:	Collections/Local	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.3.9
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Benedikt Haus 2006-04-13 19:33:52 UTC

Version:           1.3.9 (using KDE KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

hidden folders to be shown and selectable in the amarok collection preferences. want to add my ~/.xchat2/download/ dir (and don't want to change the xchat incoming-folder)
i don't know if this has been changed in version 1.4, which it doesn't run stably on this machine.

Comment 1 Laszlo Pandy 2006-04-14 15:40:55 UTC

This was just taken out for reasons specified in bug 115478.

Comment 2 Andrew Ash 2006-11-04 19:22:43 UTC

Amarok 1.4.3, KDE 3.5.5, Kubuntu Edgy

A recent change to KDE creates a .hidden file in a folder that can hide folders and files without requiring a dot in front of the filename.  Now, because Amarok doesn't have a method to display hidden folders in its collection manager, those folders cannot be added to collections without hand-editing the .hidden file.

See https://launchpad.net/bugs/66582 for more info.

I think there should be a right-click context menu in Amarok's collection manager to allow hidden folders to be selected for scanning.

Thanks

Comment 3 mike 2007-06-25 19:21:20 UTC

I also agree that this should be added, and to get around bug 115478, just don't add recursively into hidden directories. Like, if I share my /home/user/ folder don't add /home/user/.hiddenfiles/, but give me the option to explicitly select /home/user/.hiddenfiles/.

Comment 4 mike 2007-06-25 19:38:09 UTC

A workaround to this is to close Amarok and edit your /home/mike/.kde/share/config/amarokrc file manually and add the hidden directories you want

Comment 5 Dan Meltzer 2007-11-15 00:13:39 UTC

WONTFIX.

Hidden directories are hidden for a reason.