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Erik Youngren
Asked: 2012-03-03 17:28:20 +0800 CST

Open file dialog defaults to showing hidden files

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My open file dialog is defaulting to showing hidden files, I have to press Ctrl-H to get to the files I want, but this is not saved across instances of the dialog.

I can't find a settings panel to change this behaviour, including Nautilus preferences, nor a key in the configuration editor. Is there a way to have the open file dialog default to not show hidden files?

gnome hidden-files

4 Answers

  1. GTK 2

    Edit the file

    ~/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini

    There is a line

    ShowHidden=true

    change to

    ShowHidden=false

    Save and close.

    GTK 3

    Run the following command:

    gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-hidden false
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  2. You may have checked showing hidden files in preferences. In Nautilus (file browser) click Edit>Preferences and in Views tab if Show hidden files and backup files is ticked, remove the tick.

    Hidden Files Setting

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  3. To fix this in 13.04, I had to right click on the dialog and uncheck "Show Hidden Files"

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  4. In Ubuntu 14.10 you have to click on the gear button on the right of the toolbar and the click on Preferences -> View and remove the tick on Show hidden and backup files.

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