File manager does not remember "Show hidden files" option turned off

[tiar]

On the newest Ubuntu (14.04), hidden files are always shown by default. If the user unchecks "Show hidden files" -option from the "Files" -> "Show" -menu, they will disappear, but will appear again when "Files" -menu is displayed again. This never happened on Unity in Ubuntu 12.04, and as far as I remember, in old Gnome, too.

[Marc Defossez (defossez)]

Open terminal
Type: dconf-editor
     If not installed install it by: apt-get install dconf-editor
When dconf-editro is started, do:
    org --> gtk --> settings --> file-choser
                       Unselect: show-hidden

I've had suddenly the same problem, don't know why or how.
found above solution and it seems to work.

[tiar (tiar85)]

Unfortunately "dconf-editor"-method is just a temporary fix. Problem reappears after some time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[rhitv (rhitv)]

I had the same issue.
Hidden files shown on start-up.
After hiding them using CTRL-H and restart of nautilus, they where in view again.

I managed to fix this by desecting "show hidden and backup files" in EDIT-PREFERENCES-VIEWS.
After this was unselected the setting is remembered on restart

[BeowulfOF (beowulfof)]

On a fresh install of 15.10 it first worked fine, but after some toggling of the hidden files via [ctrl]+h it again starts always with hidden files shown.

[BeowulfOF (beowulfof)]

On a fresh install of 16.04 it still does not work correctly.