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RBloeth
Asked: 2021-10-30 04:36:53 +0800 CST

Unhiding hidden files does not persist

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In the Gnome file manager, I can check the "show hidden files" box, but after the next reboot, this setting is lost again. Additionally, when using an editor (VSC or ST3), the "open file" dialog does not list hidden files at all, which is pretty annoying.

Does anyone know how I can enable the listing of hidden files in general in Ubuntu 21.10 and make this setting last?

21.10

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  1. On the official Ubuntu website, there is this help page about hiding and unhiding files in Ubuntu 21.10.

    It says that in order to showing all hidden files in a folder, you simply press the key combination Ctrl+H - and press it again for hiding them again.

    This not only works in the default file manager that comes with Ubuntu 21.10, but also in "open file" dialogs of other programs, e.g. text editors like Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code.

    Unfortunately, this setting does not persist, but at least it enables the user to not only show hidden files in the file manager, but also to open hidden files in text editors and other software.

    It seems to be on purpose that this setting can not be changed persistently, which is kind of an annoyance at least for programmers, who probably more likely also want to edit hidden files, like e.g. the .bashrc file, as it is the case for me.

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