https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269367
--- Comment #24 from Eridani Rodríguez <eridanired...@yahoo.com.mx> --- Can confirm that it is STILL IMPOSSIBLE to search in hidden folders from folders on higher hierarchy than the hidden folder in 19.12.3, this means that: - You can search from `/regularF/.hiddenF/` and find `/regularF/.hiddenF/myFile` - But if you search from `/regularF/` Dolphin won't find `/regularF/.hiddenF/myFile`, ever. Unless you explicitly tell Baloo to index either all hidden paths or that specific hidden folder. But that may not be what most people want, hidden folders are hidden because people want them out of their way most of the time. Being "most of the time" the keyword here, you some times need to search in hidden folders, and your file manager should give you an option to do it, even if this option meant using an external program for conducting the task. (For those wondering, installing KFind doesn't make a difference, although you at least get a handy button to launch KFind.) System info: ------------------------------- Operating System: KDE neon 5.18 KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.67.0 Qt Version: 5.14.1 Kernel Version: 5.3.0-40-generic KDE Applications Version: 19.12.3 Dolphin Version: 19.12.3 ------------------------------- This bug was marked as SOLVED because of bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391252 which talks about how is intentional behaviour for Baloo to not index hidden folders by default. While I agree with the thing about Baloo's scope, I don't agree with this bug being a duplicate of that Baloo bug. If KFind integration* is the only plausible solution at this time because Baloo is pretty much unmaintained or because it is out of Baloo's design scope (as noted on the thread cited above); then some steps should be taken to make it a flawless integration. Currently the folder to search from is passed to KFind as "file:///yourFolder/childFolder" and KFind doesn't understand that, it understands however "/yourFolder/childFolder", same for the actual string to search for e.g. "strawberries", KFind needs it to be "*strawberries*" to find something unless you meant an exact name match which most of the times you don't (no idea about blank spaces or weird characters in the search string, but probably need to use some special stuff to handle those cases too). Nothing useful is passed from Dolphin to Catfish either by the way. Currently we have a crippled search in a file manager that allows you to navigate hidden folders but won't let you search in them. In my opinion, this integration should be addressed or Baloo scope should be addressed or in the worst scenario, Dolphin allowing you to view hidden files should be addressed before this bug could be marked as solved. * When I say "KFind integration" is because it was mentioned above and is almost done from my point of view, but I'm just an user and have no idea of the internals that would need to be moved around for it to be a flawless integration. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
