Bug 166593 - [Workbench] file selector shows hidden files
Summary: [Workbench] file selector shows hidden files
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2.1   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
: P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Whiteboard: stalebug
Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2006-12-02 06:10 EST by David Reitter CLA
Modified: 2021-10-09 15:48 EDT (History)
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Description David Reitter CLA 2006-12-02 06:10:00 EST
The Mac file selector displayed shows a tremendous number of files which shouldn't be shown under the UI standards of the Mac platform. In particular, it shows a whole lot of "dot files", cluttering the list. This makes navigation much more tedious.

If you really need to provide an option to edit somebody's .bash_profile or whatever, then please  give users an option (via an element inside the file selector) to show these files, and have it default to off.
Comment 1 Tod Creasey CLA 2007-06-21 10:44:32 EDT
We are using the platform file selector as is. Do you have any idea of how to set these filters?
Comment 2 Greg Dean CLA 2007-10-10 12:55:21 EDT
Every other Mac program I use filters out files starting with '.'. How is the platform file selector different than what other apps (including Finder) are using?
Comment 3 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-15 12:36:20 EDT
"As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009"
Comment 4 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:16:13 EDT
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.
Comment 5 Eclipse Genie CLA 2021-10-09 15:48:50 EDT
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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