Folders starting with a dot cannot be added to exclude/include lists without first turning Show Hidden Files on

[Niklas Vainio]

I cannot add folders starting with a dot (for example .macromedia) to exclude or include lists using the GUI.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: deja-dup 34.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Dec 15 10:39:57 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-25 (537 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: deja-dup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-19 (25 days ago)

[Niklas Vainio (nvainio+launchpad)]

I just discovered that pressing Ctrl-H in the file selection dialog shows hidden files and directories. This should be easier though. Excluding cache directories etc. is a normal use case.

[Naël (nathanael-naeri)]

Ctrl-H, or right-clicking "Show Hidden Files", works in all Nautilus file selection dialog boxes, it's not something that's specific to Déjà Dup.

I agree that I, too, discovered that feature per chance.

If you think it should be easier to show hidden files and directories in file selection dialog boxes in general, you should report this against Nautilus.

If you think it should be easier to show hidden files and directories in Déjà Dup only, for exclusion purposes, you could perhaps mark your bug as a duplicate of bug 1018154, which requests a way to exclude more cache directories, or bug 458044, which requests a way to exclude all hidden files and directories, cache or not.

[Niklas Vainio (nvainio+launchpad)]

I think it's best to fix this (usability) problem in Nautilus.

[Niklas Vainio (nvainio+launchpad)]

Fix needed elsewhere (Nautilus).