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NominalSum

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Registered: 2025-12-02

Posts: 58

Pressing control H not showing hidden folders.

I reinstalled arch linux today, put my user as a user with root permission, but the hotkey for hidden folders is not working. I used luks encryption for the first time. Thats  the only variable making this different from previous install that let me see hidden folder.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 74,254

Re: Pressing control H not showing hidden folders.

Pressing ctrl+h *where*?
What filemanager are you talking about?

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StarWolf3000

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Registered: 2025-06-23

Posts: 68

Re: Pressing control H not showing hidden folders.

Ctrl + H is at least used by GNOME's Files (package nautilus) to (un)hide files and directories.

Last edited by StarWolf3000 (2026-04-03 05:37:16)

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Everything2067

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Registered: 2025-06-29

Posts: 103

Re: Pressing control H not showing hidden folders.

Ctrl+H is also used by Dolphin (KDE).

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