Deja-dup preferences does not allow to select hidden folders

[Xavier Humbert]

When setting preferences to skip some folders from being backed up, one cannot select hidden (dot) folders, event with typing ctrl-H in the file selection dialog.
This is particularly annoying with folders like ".thunderbird" which can be huge, and useless to backup
Regards,
Xavier

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: deja-dup 44.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-26.26-generic 6.2.13
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Aug 5 18:17:50 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-22 (348 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
SourcePackage: deja-dup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-25 (101 days ago)

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Thank you for your report! Some quick thoughts:

1) I don't think there's anything I can do about that - the system owns the file selection dialog.
2) I just tried on 23.04 and it worked for me, BUT it didn't necessarily reset the scroll point - can you try it and make sure you scroll up to see if there are hidden folders above?
3) You can always press Ctrl+L to enter a folder manually

[Xavier Humbert (xavier8854)]

Hi,
Thank you for your tips, I managed to make it work. You can close the bug.
Regards
Xavier