On 01/04/2009 01:22 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2009/1/3 NoOp <[email protected]>:
>> On 12/31/2008 03:56 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> On Kubuntu Linux with Open Office 3.0 from OOo how can I have the FIle
>>> Chooser show hidden directories and files when saving a file? OOo does
>>> not use the KDE File Chooser, and the built-in File Chooser does not
>>> seem to have the ability to show hidden files.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> In Gnome, you right click anywhere in the Save As file panel and there
>> is a checkbox for 'Show Hidden Files'. I suspect it is the same on KDE.
>>
> 
> In KDE, there is a button for show/hide hidden folders and other
> options. However, this OOo install is not using the native GTK or KDE
> File Chooser dialogs. I am familiar with the native GTK dialog from
> Firefox and Thunderbird (which also have non-native implementations
> but I use the native ones).
> 

In Tools|Options|OOo|General is a section for "Open/Save dialogs",
uncheck "use OpenOffice.org dialogs" and you should get your system
dialog. When you 'Open' or 'Save/Save As' right click in the folder pane
and you will get an option to 'Show Hidden Files'.




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