[dolphin] [Bug 488626] Please make Dolphin hide 'lost+found' dirs by default, just like Thunar does

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488626

Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
             Status|REPORTED                    |NEEDSINFO

--- Comment #3 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
>Are there defined standards beyond dot files and dot folders
>which describe these as that they should be hidden?

Actually as far as I know even the standard of dot files being hidden is mostly
"a standard" because everyone does this. Dolphin could simply show dot files
like normal files and we wouldn't break any compatibility or any official
standard. We would only break user expectations.
(https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/88875/why-are-filenames-that-start-with-a-dot-hidden-can-i-hide-files-without-using-a)

So no, there is no agreed on convention that lost+found directories should be
displayed as anything other than a normal folder as far as I am aware.

>Otherwise maybe some custom and user configurable filter list could also do the job?

Indeed we have something like this already! See:
https://superuser.com/questions/826194/how-to-tell-dolphin-which-files-to-hide

Basically you would need to create a text file called ".hidden" next to the
"lost+found" folder and then write "lost+found" into the ".hidden" file.
Dolphin will read the contents of the ".hidden" file and make sure the
"lost+found" folder will be treated like it was hidden.

Does that work for you?

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