Re: OT - Disabling hidden file view in GNOME dialog boxes

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Subject:	Re: OT - Disabling hidden file view in GNOME dialog boxes
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Neil Bothwick
Date:	24 May 2007

On Thu, 24 May 2007 12:22:46 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Whenever I try to Open/Save in GNOME, it pulls up a dialog box that
> lists hidden files as well as visible files. Those hidden files are
> hidden for a reason, the reason being that I did not consciously create
> them, so I should not have to wade through them in order to get to my
> files. How can I disable them being displayed? I don't see them by
> default in nautilus - just dialog boxes.

Do you mean the GTK file requester. Right-click on the file list and
deselect the option to show hidden files.

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Neil Bothwick

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