Re: [Nautilus-list] Patch: Show hidden files toolbarbutton

[David Moles <david moles vykor com>]

On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 17:11, Ryan Muldoon wrote:
> I would rather not have a toolbar button for this....toolbar buttons
> should be for what users do frequently.  I rarely have a need to toggle
> viewing hidden files.  Generally, they're hidden for a reason. ;-)  If
> it were implemented, I'd rather see it as a menu option, and toggling
> just the current directory.  Especially as I am one of the nautilus
> users that has $HOME for the desktop....things would get pretty nasty
> looking if I switched "show hidden files" on.  

Aiyeeeeee! Good point. Particularly as (unless I'm missing something)
there's no way to set any per-directory preferences for the desktop.