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

[Chris G]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:10:15PM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> 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. 
> 
Ah, thank you!  :-)

> > 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
> 
It always used to be a visible option didn't it?

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Chris Green