The Core Apps lists content from Tracker.
Install "tracker-preferences" to (graphically) make Tracker ignore the
Downloads folder.

(it is "tracker-preferences" in Fedora; can be a different name in other
distribution)


2016-04-07 6:10 GMT-03:00 Bastián Díaz <diaz.bast...@openmailbox.org>:

> Please add an option (perhaps in dconf) that gnome core apps don't display
> files from download directory. Usually the download directory is a folder
> where your files are stored temporarily before being processed and stored
> elsewhere as the "Documents", "Music", "Photo" folder, etc.
>
> Download folder is our Inbox and receive all kinds of files from the
> internet, bluetooth connections and other sources. It's annoying to open
> gnome-documents and view files that you dont want to have there, see images
> of icons on a web page downloaded or application in gnome-photos or sounds
> and recording of the last meeting that play in gnome-music by mistake.
>
> It has happened many times and I have to constantly clean my Downloads
> folder to prevent this behavior. However, I believe that strongly
> influences the user workflow and therefore I propose it as a configuration
> option in dconf.
>
> Cheers
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