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Bug 167005 - filename/dirname that begin with .(period) no longer displayed in files tab
Summary: filename/dirname that begin with .(period) no longer displayed in files tab
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@ide
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Reported: 2009-06-12 19:37 UTC by emiddio
Modified: 2009-11-11 02:39 UTC (History)
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Description emiddio 2009-06-12 19:37:26 UTC 
this was reported before; i consider this very serious; its a newer bug; did not exist in some past versions;
cannot say exactly in what version it first occurred in.

why should i have to use windows explorer to see files/directories that dont show up in netbeans files tab?
Comment 1 emiddio 2009-07-20 18:43:19 UTC 
this is nb67 also
Comment 2 Petr Dvorak 2009-11-11 02:39:57 UTC 
Hi!

Open "Tools>Options", navigate to "Miscellaneous" tab, select "Files" subtab and modify the pattern for "Files ignored by IDE" by deleting the last portion of the pattern.

In other words, to set the visibility of hidden files, change:

^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn)$|~$|^\.(?!htaccess$).*$

to:

^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn)$|~$

The reason why hidden files are not displayed by default is that mostly those are VCS metadata folders, and many users don't really need to see those... So basically this is an "A/B decision".

--pd