Bug 167535

Summary:	Sync "show hidden files" between folder panel and main view
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Jens Rutschmann <Jens.Rutschmann>
Component:	panels: folders	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cyberbeat
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.99
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jens Rutschmann 2008-07-27 17:34:11 UTC

Version:           kde4daily r838207 (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

To display hidden files / directories in dolphin with activated "Folders" panel the user needs to:
1. Activate the checkbox "Show Hidden files" in the "View" submenu of the main menu.
2. Right-click the folder panel and select "Show Hidden files" again.

To deactivate the displaying of these files the user needs to uncheck both checkboxes, too. Also the shortcut (Alt+.) does not toggle the behavior in the folders panel.

This should be synced, i.e. the menu entry and shortcut should toggle the displaying in both main view and folder panel. The addtional option for the folders panel should be removed then. I think the user either wants to see hidden files in both views or doesn't want to see them at all.

This would also fix the problem of the folders panel no longer being synced with the main view when the user activated displaying only for the main view. Currently the folders panel displays the last "visible" folder until the main view shows another dir without hidden dir in the path again.

I observed this behaviour using dolphin from the kde4daily image updated to revision 838207.

Comment 1 Peter Penz 2012-05-05 20:22:04 UTC

Thanks for your input, but I'm not sure whether this is really a good behavior... Am I right with my guess that you activated "[x] Use common view properties for all folders"? In this case I think it would be useful, but for the default settings where each directory can have their custom view properties (and hence a custom setting whether hidden files are shown) this would mean that the Places Panel might show all hidden directories when entering a folder with e.g. just one hidden text-document.

Comment 2 Peter Penz 2012-05-05 20:23:28 UTC

Ah, I meant of course "Folders Panel" not "Places Panel"...

Comment 3 Jens Rutschmann 2012-05-06 09:56:18 UTC

Hi Peter,
yes that's right. I'm using the same view properties for all folders.

I was opening this issue back then because I usually don't need to see dot files. But when I need them, then usually I need to navigate into "dot folders" and would like to see them in the folder panel as well. For example when I need to check some config file under ~/.config. Also I do a lot of Java development with maven, which stores libraries in deeply nested paths within ~/.m2/repository

In these cases it is cumbersome to change both the folder panel and the main panel to display the dot files (and back later). Therefore it would be really nice if I only had to press F8 once.

Comment 4 Peter Penz 2012-05-06 10:06:49 UTC

OK, thanks for clarification!

Comment 5 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:19:43 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:18:31 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 7 aristsakas 2026-01-01 23:01:01 UTC

*** Bug 365328 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***