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   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  hidden files are never shown on Gnome desktop

Status in Nautilus:
  Confirmed
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nautilus

  Hidden files are never shown on the desktop. Even when i enable "Show
  hidden and backup files" in Nautilus > Preferences only regular
  folders and files are shown there.

  When i browse the "Desktop" folder in Nautilus directly all hidden
  files are all shown correctly according to my preferences (can easily
  be switched by CTRL+H). So the files are there but there is no option
  to show them on my desktop.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1) create a new hidden file on the desktop
  2) press F5 to refresh and it will disapear

  Expected behaviour:
  Hidden file is shown according to the "Show hidden and backup files" preferences of Nautilus.
  Even better would be an additional setting to enable hidden files for desktop separatly without enabling them in Nautilus folder view.

  This behaviour occurs no matter if it is a hidden file or a hidden
  folder. Ubuntu version is 9.04 with all updates.

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