Bug 7776

Summary: sidebar can't display hidden directories
Product: [Applications] konqueror Reporter: Unknown <null>
Component: sidebarAssignee: Joseph Wenninger <jowenn>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: finex, johnrw, maarizwan, peter.penz19
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.9.3b   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Other   
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Description Stefan Schimanski 2000-08-08 08:57:30 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: konqueror
Version: 1.9.3b (KDE 1.92 Beta >= 20000720)
Severity: normal

There is no possibility to show hidden directories in konqi's dir tree although "Show hidden files" is enabled.
Comment 1 David Faure 2000-08-08 12:31:03 UTC
On Tue 08 Aug 2000 Stefan Schimanski wrote :
>Package: konqueror
>Version: 1.9.3b (KDE 1.92 Beta >= 20000720)
>Severity: normal
>
>There is no possibility to show hidden directories in konqi's dir tree
> although "Show hidden files" is enabled.

Hmm right... the problem is that the directory tree is a "passive view" one
that can't be made active (doesn't have a green led etc.)
That's because you usually don't need to and it makes it easier to use since
the active view doesn't change.... but then it's not possible to configure anything for it.

Not sure what's best for the dir tree's configuration a separate dialog box
(kcmshell) or adding menu items to RMB on dirs or....

well it could use the local configuration of the directory (.directory) so it 
can be changed from the other view but that would be very unintuitive...
("save view props in dir" would need to be checked first....) :(

A separate "dir tree config dialog box" seems the best solution to me currently.

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Comment 2 Lucius Chiaraviglio 2003-08-10 01:25:49 UTC
This bug entry is still unaddressed (as "NEW") as of KDE/Konqueror 3.1.0.  If the 
KDE/Konqueror architecture has changed since the last comment (so that 
implementing this feature request would now be possible), it would probably be best 
to tie the option for the Navigation Panel showing hidden directories to the option for 
the main file management panel to show hidden files & directories. 
 
Comment 3 Thilo Bangert 2003-11-17 11:24:55 UTC
renaming a directory / folder should also be possible...
Comment 4 Maksim Orlovich 2004-02-06 20:52:53 UTC
*** Bug 16963 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Maksim Orlovich 2004-02-06 20:55:38 UTC
There is actually a hidden setting for this. Making this follow the setting on the RHS was actually available in some versions, but was removed since it caused crashes due to how toggling of display hidden affects the directory lister library. 
Comment 6 Maksim Orlovich 2004-02-07 03:45:02 UTC
*** Bug 74419 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Stephan Kulow 2004-05-17 19:58:45 UTC
Replaced sts@messe.lst.de with jdobratz@gmx.de due to bounces by reporter
Comment 8 John Woods 2007-08-24 08:23:25 UTC
Hello kde hackers...
Ya know Guys... I can think of no better bug than this one to call my first for kde. It's just one of those kinds of bugs that grows on someone. Though I do appreciate the tree option on the right hand side... that does allow penetration into a hidden directory, I can't help but think it could be made to work completely. Invisible folders are for Windows people, so they can't figure out what monkey business M$ is up to. Then again... sometimes you just don't want to see the mess of all the .dirs in your home, so it should be fixed in a way that both windows use a gui element to watch for the current setting or changes to any default behaviour, and check before any files are searched for. I remember something about it being done in mozilla using listeners... yeah it's been a while.

At least maybe someone can point out the way to help me find out what the status is on this bug in kde4. I mean this bug was originaly filed in 2000!

Now that I've got that off my chest...
I guess what I'm feeling after taking a few deep breaths is how would a button that also communicates to the menu item and vice versa... whose function is to set the show hidden files and directories value. If I need to drag and drop... there are more intuitive ways such as using tabs or even separate windows for the explorer crowd. The button could even reside on the Navigation Panel.

just my 2 cents.
Comment 9 John Woods 2008-02-24 19:33:53 UTC
Well... a few months later. Since there is no activity on this
I did a search to see where it died. Here is some of of that discussion.
Maybe this can save somebody else some of the time it took me.
What I can gather is it presented some problems when the settings to
filter hidden or . directories... would cause a problem if the current dir
was hidden when a list was generated, and then filtered out.

I usually use Knoppix. Since Klaus hasn't updated Knoppix for 14 months
that has not been adequate to allow me to see where things are in kde 4, 
but I hope this issue has been addressed in it. 

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&w=2&r=1&s=hidden+directories&q=b

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104360838122118&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104581068317200&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104584524326614&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104585485111612&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104585556612671&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104586804330375&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104593297514719&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104601697411356&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104601708311410&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104611380511728&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104612016421766&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=104635275632318&w=2
Comment 10 FiNeX 2008-03-07 13:53:17 UTC
hidden directory could be even visible from the dolphin directory tree panel.
I've addedd ppenz to CC too.

What do you think Peter?
Comment 11 Peter Penz 2008-03-07 14:12:18 UTC
> What do you think Peter? 

I think it is mandatory for having such an option in the treeview and I'll add this to the KDE 4.1 version of Dolphin.
Comment 12 FiNeX 2008-03-07 14:31:31 UTC
Thanks peter.
Comment 13 Peter Penz 2008-03-22 20:17:52 UTC
I just implemented "showing hidden files" for the treeview in Dolphin. I'll commit it on Monday into trunk -> will be available in KDE 4.1 at least for Dolphin.
Comment 14 John Woods 2008-03-22 20:41:48 UTC
Sounds great.

Ya know... I googled "KDE reference platform" and got nothing back. Is there a reference platform vm for KDE building somewhere? I've set aside some space for this... and was 'surprised' that I could not find one easily.
Comment 15 FiNeX 2008-05-13 14:17:26 UTC
Ok, Dolphin (in KDE 4) has implemented this feature (just tested, it works fine, thanks Peter Penz!).

I close the bug because the feature has been added on KDE4 (and I'm almost sure that it won't be backported on konqueror in 3.5).

Do you all agree?
Comment 16 John Woods 2008-05-15 09:15:51 UTC
I also tested this in Dolphin, and it seemed to work fine. I agree. 

Thank You Peter!

Closing this one is fine.