Bug #70291 Workbench doesn't show hidden directories

• Submitted: 11 Sep 2013 5:06
• Modified: 4 Mar 2014 12:47
• Reporter: Andrew Dalgleish
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Workbench
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 6.0.7
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Alfredo Kojima
• CPU Architecture: Any

[11 Sep 2013 5:06] Andrew Dalgleish

Description:
When configuring an SSH connection, Workbench initially shows the $HOME directory but hides all the hidden directories.

Most people will have their SSH keys in ~/.ssh/

How to repeat:
* Create a new connection.
* Select "Connection Method" = "Standard TCP/IP over SSH"
* Click on the "..." button in the "SSH Key File" section.

This defaults to showing you $HOME, and .ssh is not visible.

As a work-around, you can type in the full path to your .ssh directory.

Suggested fix:
Show hidden directories, or default to $HOME/.ssh/

[4 Mar 2014 12:47] Miguel Tadeu Mota

The context menu is now showing on right click and the dialog is set to 
display hidden files by default.

[13 Mar 2014 5:25] Philip Olson

Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Workbench 6.1.3 release, and here's the changelog entry:

When configuring an SSH connection, MySQL Workbench initially shows the
"$HOME" directory, and hides all directories configured to be hidden,
which often includes files and directories that begin with a dot. This
means that the commonly used "~/.ssh/" directory is hidden by default. You
can now right-click over the "Open File..." window and view a menu with
the "Show hidden files" option. 

A workaround was to type in the full path to the ".ssh" directory.

Thank you for the bug report.