How to show hidden files/directories in Firefox file chooser?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 17:01 +0000, Chris G wrote:
> How do you get to see hidden files in the Firefox 3.x file chooser?

Rightclick the file list or type a dot into the locations bar. 

> This is a really silly default (not showing hidden files) particularly
> when importing bookmarks as bookmarks are almost inevitably below a
> hidden directory!

Dunno, seems perfectly logical to me