Ubuntu
kubuntu-default-settings package

[edgy] konqueror sidebar doesn't handle /.hidden well.

Bug #68719 reported by Frode M. Døving
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Kubuntu Bugs

Bug Description

1. Open the konqueror in File Manager mode
2. Press F9 to get the sidebar
3. Choose root directory (red folder)
4. Toggle View -> Show Hidden Files on/off.

Result: Even with hidden files shown you will only have /home and /media in the directory tree.

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Frode M. Døving (frode) wrote :

Screenshot attached.

NOTE:
/backup is a directory i have added myself.
It's not listed in the .hidden file.

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Frode M. Døving (frode) wrote :

Changing status to confirmed based on comments on IRC in #kubuntu-devel

18:05 < fdoving> Sime: open the konq in file manager mode, press F9 to get the sidebar choose root directory (red folder)
18:06 < fdoving> even with hidden files shown you will only have /home and /media in the directory tree.
[cut]
18:06 < Jucato> er yeah...
18:06 < Jucato> confirmed
18:06 < Sime> yeah, konq sidebar doesn't understand hidden.

Changed in kubuntu-default-settings:
assignee: nobody → kubuntu-team
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Frode M. Døving (frode) wrote :

Quote from k-d-s changelog:
kubuntu-default-settings (1:7.04-1) feisty; urgency=low
....
  * Removed .hidden file for /

Fixed in feisty.

Changed in kubuntu-default-settings:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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