This has been fixed with Nautilus 3.6 which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04. Specifically, Show Hidden Files is not persistent; there is a separate option in Preferences if you want to always show hidden files.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577623 Title: showing hidden files in one pane shows them in the other pane as well To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/577623/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs