Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources Gwenview 4.2.88/Qt 4.5.1 I can't find any way to browse hidden files and/or folders in gwenview. So far the only way to open such folder is to launch dolphin and use "open with gwenview" which is rather awkward. kdebluetooth OBEX data server by default stores received images under ~/.kbluetooth4; which means they are not visible in gwenview by default :)
*** Bug 190843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
You can click "open" and then use the shortcut Alt+. to display hidden files and folders.
That is not a good answer. The advantage of gwenview is the browser; having to use file/open and an extra keystroke is not seamless. There really needs to be a way for gwenview to natively show hidden files.
Any chance this could be reopened? The resolution "worksforme" is incorrect: The browser does not show hidden files, unlike, say, dolphin. Being able to open hidden files is different from being able browse them.
I agree. Reading https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin#Philosophy, I feel Gwenview's target users are very similar. For power users digiKam is a better fit, but still Gwenview is not totally dumbed down. This means by default Gwenview should not show hidden files, but a config option would be feasible. (Maybe this should be a desktop-wide setting, but that's probably overkill and not even very flexible.) Would you be able to submit a patch? Let us know if you are interested and need any help with that, we can guide you through the process. At first glance this feature does not look too complicated to implement.
When I have a folder containing several hidden files and I open some of them with Gwenview via Dolphin, I can't go to previous/next hidden file by pressing the arrow keys. Gwenview 20.08 on Arch Linux.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/merge_requests/314
Git commit e83312d1690844ad1cef88f1591e36745c656445 by Pedro Hernandez. Committed on 06/03/2025 at 09:18. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Add option to show hidden files Currently, Gwenview does not list hidden files but it's capable of opening them from Dolphin. Once the file is open, using the arrow keys or changing the directory will lose access to the hidden file(s). This patch adds the feature to list hidden files following some of Dolphin's design choices. Like Dolphin, the `Show Hidden Files` is a toggle menu item under the `View` menu, and is placed in the same section as `Sort By` sub-menu. Also, it uses the standard `Show Hidden Files` shortcut (Ctrl + H). The option is not active by default, but unlike Dolphin, it is not persistent among instances of Gwenview, so, the user will have to activate the option for each instance to show the hidden files in a directory. M +12 -0 app/browsemainpage.cpp M +1 -0 app/browsemainpage.h M +2 -1 app/gwenviewui.rc M +12 -0 lib/semanticinfo/sorteddirmodel.cpp M +3 -0 lib/semanticinfo/sorteddirmodel.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/commit/e83312d1690844ad1cef88f1591e36745c656445