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Set Nautilus/default Ubuntu file explorer to always show hidden files. #29

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a-t-0 opened this issue Sep 16, 2021 · 1 comment

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Set Nautilus/default Ubuntu file explorer to always show hidden files. #29

a-t-0 opened this issue Sep 16, 2021 · 1 comment

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a-t-0 commented Sep 16, 2021

Currently one needs to click on "show hidden files" per folder. Furthermore, the default columns seem to be Name,Size,Modified,Star.

Ensure the hidden files are always shown by default in Nautilus/the default Ubuntu file explorer.
Change the default columns to: Name,Size,Modified-time and Detailed Type in Nautilus/the default Ubuntu file explorer (such that one can sort on file extension).

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a-t-0 commented Sep 27, 2021 •

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https://www.watchingthenet.com/always-show-hidden-files-in-ubuntu-nautilus-file-browser.html old method to set this configuration setting through GUI.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/nautilus-disable-show-hidden-files/ Command to set "show hidden" to false on Ubuntu 14.04:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files false

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