diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -1575,6 +1575,28 @@
QUrl newUrl = oldUrl.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
newUrl.setPath(newUrl.path() + KIO::encodeFileName(newName));
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
+ //Confirm hiding file/directory by renaming inline
+ if (!hiddenFilesShown() && newName.startsWith(QLatin1Char('.')) && !oldItem.name().startsWith(QLatin1Char('.'))) {
+ KGuiItem yesGuiItem(KStandardGuiItem::yes());
+ yesGuiItem.setText(i18nc("@action:button", "Rename and Hide"));
+
+ const auto code = KMessageBox::questionYesNo(this,
+ oldItem.isFile() ? xi18nc("@info", "Adding a dot to the beginning of this file's name will hide it from view."
+ "Do you still want to rename it?")
+ : xi18nc("@info", "Adding a dot to the beginning of this folder's name will hide it from view."
+ "Do you still want to rename it?"),
+ oldItem.isFile() ? i18n("Hide this File?") : i18n("Hide this Folder?"),
+ yesGuiItem,
+ KStandardGuiItem::cancel(),
+ QStringLiteral("ConfirmHide"));
+
+ if (code == KMessageBox::No) {
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
const bool newNameExistsAlready = (m_model->index(newUrl) >= 0);
if (!newNameExistsAlready) {
// Only change the data in the model if no item with the new name