Can I hide Thumbs.db in Android Studio?

Question

I'm working with a libGDX project in Android Studio, that has an assets directory containing photos.

Windows being Windows, it likes to create a Thumbs.db file when I browse through this directory in Windows Explorer. However, Android Studio (1.1.0) displays a Thumbs.db file in the folder directory (Project Window).

Since some applications, like Visual Studio, automatically hide system files, or let you exclude them, I'm wondering if there's a way to do this in Android Studio/IntelliJ, or if I just have to live with the file.

My .gitignore is already excluding these from being checked into source control; I'm really just looking for a way to hide Thumbs.db from displaying in the listing of a directories files in Android Studio.

Answer 1

Yes. You can add Thumbs.db to the list of ignored files and folders in:

File | Settings | IDE Settings | File Types > Ignore files and folders