Add a feature to also hide files that start with a "dot"

[DiegoMagdaleno]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Normally on Linux/macOS dotfiles are hidden, while this isn't the case on Windows systems, many apps still do a dotfile in the "home" directory, for example scoop:

C:\Users\User\.scoop

While in Windows you are supposed to hide folders using the hidden attribute, some Apps don't like this. This clutters the home folder with dotfiles, and makes the UI look a lot less clean, specially since they are always located at the start of the listing.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would love if we had a setting, inside "Files and folders" to "Also hide files starting with a dot", that is disabled by default, so that way users that don't want this feature aren't bothered by it, but users like me that want or wish to hide their "dotfiles" can do so.

Thanks for the amazing software!

[yaira2]

@DiegoMagdaleno Can you check if turning off the option to show hidden items hides dot files?

[DiegoMagdaleno]

@yaichenbaum i dont have that option enabled

[jaigak]

@DiegoMagdaleno This doesn't make sense in Windows because Windows 10 treats dot files as regular files so users may get confused why their files are hidden.

[yaira2]

@DiegoMagdaleno This doesn't make sense in Windows because Windows 10 treats dot files as regular files so users may get confused why their files are hidden.

@Jaiganeshkumaran The feature request is about adding an option to hide them, the default will remain the way it is so that users don't get confused.

[R3voA3]

Why limit this to "." Giving the user an option to define wildcards would be neat as well.

[yaira2]

@R3voA3 do you have a use case where that would make sense?