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How to display hidden files with Visual Studio Code

The "open file" dialog in Visual Studio Code is not showing hidden files. For example, when looking at my home directory, none of the . files are shown:

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I did look through the settings.json file, but I did not find any applicable setting. So - how do I configure Visual Studio Code properly?

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WestCoastProjects Avatar asked Oct 16 '17 22:10

WestCoastProjects


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2 Answers

On Mac you can hit cmdshift. in the open file dialog, to see hidden files.

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Matt Bierner Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 06:09

Matt Bierner


go to file -> preferences -> settings

and in the search bar, search for "files.exclude"

then delete whatever json setting that you don't want to hide that specific file

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Reza GH Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 06:09

Reza GH