Hello
Quick rationale: Regular users seldom need to mark files as hidden. If by
mistake they tick a box and close the file properties dialogue, poosh it's
gone.
For that reason the "hidden" attribute is usually in an somewhat advanced
section (usually next to executable & friends). But it should mostly be
there to give the ability to un-hide an item rather than hide it.
My recommendation: Have a "Hidden" checkbox next to other file mod
checkboxes. On filesystems without a +h bit, disable the checkbox instead
of hiding it. When hovering, display a tooltip:
-h: "Files on this device are hidden if their name starts with a dot ('.').
Hit <Ctrl+H> to toggle displaying hidden files."
+h: "This [file|directory] is hidden because its name starts with a dot
('.')."
J. Leclanche
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Andrej N. Gritsenko <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Some files have "hidden" attribute so they can be hidden or unhidden
> by the user. That setting should be in file properties dialog. Sometimes
> this attribute is fixed though (for regular Unix files - they are hidden
> if their name starts from dot). I thought about the design and I've lost
> in it. What the less ugly solution was: if file has this attribute never
> changeable (as for Unix files) that setting should be hidden from the
> file properties window, and if it can be toggled then there should be a
> label "Is hidden" in left and some button in right. But still it looks a
> bit odd may be. What do you think? How that should look? Any ideas? The
> implementation itself is pretty simple, just design is not. :)
>
> With best regards.
> Andriy.
>
>
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