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gtk+2.0 package

Hidden files and folders in File Chooser dialogs shown before other files and folders

Bug #387698 reported by Lennart Karssen on 2009-06-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #387799: Inconsistency :GTK+ and Nautilus do not sort files in same order.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Nautilus	New	Unknown	gnome-bugs #587040
One Hundred Papercuts	New	Undecided	Unassigned
gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

When both the "Show Hidden Files" option from Nautilus' View menu is on and Nautilus is in List view, hidden directories are listed after non-hidden ones in the file browser. The same goes for hidden files.
However, in the dialog windows of "Open" or "Save As" in applications like gedit for example, the hidden entries are listed before the normal ones.
This is inconsistent, confusing, and time consuming.

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Lennart Karssen (l.c.karssen) wrote on 2009-06-16:

Screenshot of the file browser, which shows the desired behaviour. Edit (100.2 KiB, image/png)

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Lennart Karssen (l.c.karssen) wrote on 2009-06-16:

Screenshot of gedit's Open dialog, which shows the inconsistent behaviour. Edit (78.9 KiB, image/png)

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Hein (hhanssen) wrote on 2009-06-16:

Indeed, I also wanted to report this one. This is really a pain in the b... thing.

Lightbreeze (nedhoy-gmail) on 2009-06-21

summary:

- Nautilus: Hidden files/dirs sometimes shown before other files,
- sometimes after them
+ Hidden files and folders in File Chooser dialogs shown before other
+ files and folders

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-06-24:

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)