microsoft/PowerToys

Hide Dotfiles (File Explorer)

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#8,054 opened on Nov 15, 2020

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Description

📝Feature Request: Basically what the title says.

I was thinking it would be nice if there were some way for File Explorer to automatically hide dotfiles. Surely I'm not the only one whose home directory looks like this:

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I think adding something like this to the File Explorer configuration tab would be helpful:

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Find the File Explorer settings UI code in the PowerToys Settings app. Add a checkbox for 'Hide dotfiles'. Then locate the File Explorer overlay logic and update it to filter out files starting with a dot when the setting is enabled.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
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2
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1-3 hours
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Stale
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Clear
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70