Make 'hidden files' filter include dotfiles on Windows
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Description
Currently when 'Show/hide hidden files' is toggled to 'hide' on Windows, only files with a hidden attribute are hidden, so those named with an initial dot are still shown.
Ideally (for me anyway), both types would be hidden. There are several cases where you might browse files in unixy directories (eg. mounted linux filesystems, \wsl$\ paths served up by 9P, etc), and they're often very cluttered with dotfiles.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Windows implementation of the “Show/hide hidden files” filter and inspect how filesystem attributes are checked. Verify the behavior against paths containing dotfiles and Windows-hidden files, including the Unix-like paths described in the issue. Done means hiding both kinds of files when the filter is set to hide, while preserving their visibility when it is set to show.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100