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Feature: Show the number of hidden files in the status bar

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Description

### What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

It would be very useful to show the number of hidden items besides the number of visible items in the status bar.

As an enhancement: Also permit clicking on the number of hidden files from the status bar to temporary show them for the current directory.

### Requirements

This will help in user seeing if any files are currently hidden in the current directory witout the need to enable the option to see them.

### Files Version

3.9.1.0

### Windows Version

10.0.26100.4652

### Comments

This behaviour exists in other file explorers such as Directory Opus.

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