| elvisangelaccio |
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Use Ctrl+H as another keyboard shortcut to show and hide hidden files, as it is already the standard used in other GTK-based Linux file managers (Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Thunar, Pantheon Files). This doesn't replace any existing shortcuts, so existing KDE users' muscle memory is retained.
FEATURE: 390527
FIXED-IN: KDE Applications 17.12.3
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This is a new feature so it should not got in the stable branch (unless we ask for an exception to the release team).
Other than that, +1 (are you planning to do the same for the file dialog?)
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| 212 | I'd put Alt+. first for historical reasons. | |
Thanks! I was thinking of putting Ctrl+H first because that's what people will see when they first go looking for the feature in the menus. This way, It will even look consistent across all Linux file managers, and consistency is good. People who already know Alt+. won't even notice the change because they're used to the keyboard shortcut. What do you think?
Yeah, I'll do the same thing for the file dialog too.
I'll ask the release team, but if we can't get an exception, that's fine, we'll just have to patch Dolphin in Kubuntu.
Well, either you already know the CTRL+H shortcut (and you will just use it), or you don't and you probably won't care about which shortcut will be visible in the menu.
This way, It will even look consistent across all Linux file managers, and consistency is good.
It will be consistent with GTK file managers, at most. What about macOS users? (they are used to CMD+Shift+.).
Also it's debatable whether CTRL+H should be considered the "standard" shortcut for hidden files. CTRL+H means "show history" in Web Browsers. Krusader uses it for the same purpose.
KIO version for the file dialogs: D10616: Add Ctrl+H to the list of shortcuts for "show/hide hidden files"
I have nothing pro or against CTRL+H as a shortcut, however perhaps I question a bit the need to have 3 different shortcuts to trigger the same action.