View menu - Show/Hide hidden items

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Loki@99
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View menu - Show/Hide hidden items

Post by Loki@99 »

Dear dev,

It will be convenient to have an option to Show/Hide hidden items in the View menu.

I'm aware that there is the Exclude options in Indexes settings but rather than disabling hidden items indexation I just want to Show/Hide hidden items sometimes.

Thanks for considering this,
void
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Re: View menu - Show/Hide hidden items

Post by void »

Omit Results
(Enable result omissions under the Index menu)
Loki@99
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Re: View menu - Show/Hide hidden items

Post by Loki@99 »

void wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:53 am Omit Results
(Enable result omissions under the Index menu)
Thanks for your reply,

Well, I was thinking of something more user friendly like the feature in Windows 11 explorer. I mean something which doesn't need configuration like the omissions topic you mentionned.

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It will be great if you can implement this in the View menu.
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void
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Re: View menu - Show/Hide hidden items

Post by void »

Index attributes under Tools -> Options -> Index -> Index attributes.

Create a filter to hide hidden files/folders:
  • From the Search menu, click Add to filters...
  • Change the Name to: Not Hidden
  • Change the Search to: !attribute:h
  • Click OK.
Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.



I will consider a View -> Show/Hide hidden option.
Thank you for the suggestion.