To hide files/directories is complex

[Davide]

In Windows, if the user wants to hide a file or a directory he simply has got to change the attribute of it to "hidden".

In Ubuntu, if the user wants to hide a file he cannot do it simply with a mouse-click. He has got to create a file called ".hidden" in the same directory where he has the files he wishes to hide. Then he has to add the names of files & directories to that file, one per line.
It would be nice if you add a script to Nautilus for doing this process automatically with one click.

On this german blog, for example, the author has put a script, I have not tested it yet. But there are surely others on the internet or You can build an original one.

[Vish (vish)]

This is a feature request , Not a papercut.
For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Assigning to nautilus.

[Vish (vish)]

This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream.
Once submitted upstream , do report back here with the upstream bug number.
Thanks in advance!

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I have sent your requirement to upstream so please be pacient and wait a response of the Nautilus team, Thanks!

[Vish (vish)]

Thanks for sending upstream

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

Upstream comment:

Thank you for the bug report.

In order to process this request we need to know why you require this feature.
What situations is it useful in? Why are existing features not sufficient?

Setting status to need info.

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

UPSTREAM comment -> DrKenobi [reporter] 2010-06-12 09:38:50 UTC

Hi! I'm not the original reporter of this enhancement but I agree with it. I
think it should be more easy to hide some folders or files. For example, if you
install an application like Google Earth a new folder is created at /home and
you never use it. I don't like to see that folder every time I open my Home
Directory.

Before I learned there where some files and directories hidden, and before I
learned how to hide something, I couldn't hide that folder.

For new people to Linux, like I was, I think it would be great to be able to
hide something like this Google Earth folder with one or two clicks. I think
that we have to made Linux as easy as possible.

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

Upstream Comment:

Allan Day 2010-06-14 08:28:24 UTC
Thanks for the additional information.

Apps shouldn't go creating directories in /home/<user> that's what .config and .local are for. In that sense, this enhancement would be a workaround for bugs in other software.

My usability concern about this is that users might hide files and directories and then forget where they are located, or might not realise how to make them visible.

Rereading the bug report, I don't think scripts facilities is the correct component. Adjusting.

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

This bug has been set as duplicate upstream, that's why I'm changing the bug watch.