MATLAB "Save As" dialogue box in GUI shows hidden files. How to prevent this behaviour?

As the question says, this is a huge inconvenience in MATLAB that the "Save As" dialogue box shows so many hidden folders and files, such as ".local", ".config", which is a distraction while using the MATLAB GUI.

Can this behaviour be prevented?

Already tried unticking the

Preferences >  Current Folder > Hidden files

which does not solve the problem.

The above setting only prevents the hidden files from showing in the GUI when

Home >  Open

is used to open a file.

Answer 1

[Changhao Fu]

Hi sbnwl,

First, I assume you are working on ubuntu or debian 9. And you are using MATLAB R2018b. I didn't see any hidden files showing in the "save as" dialog when I tried to save a file in the directory that contains some hidden files.

The workflow below is only to setup MATLAB current folder to show hidden files.

Preferences >  Current Folder > Hidden files

MATLAB current folder setup perference link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/current-folder-browser-preferences.html

To achieve your goals, you may uncheck show hidden files in your operating system. This is useful link for ubuntu users.

https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/files-hidden.html.en

In the Debian 9, you also can select view tab in file manger and uncheck show hidden files option.

Regards,

Changhao