Re: NSOpenPanel (or other filesystem browser) and hidden files/directories

FROM : Nick Zitzmann
DATE : Thu Jun 22 23:00:23 2006

On Jun 22, 2006, at 1:11 PM, Alley Stoughton wrote:

> The default behavior of NSOpenPanel is to just show the files and
> directories that the finder does.  Is there a way of customizing it
> to show all files/directories, including ones beginning with ".",
> as well as /usr, /var, etc.?


No.

> Assuming the answer is "no", does anyone know of a re-
> implementation of
> NSOpenPanel/NSSavePanel that does allow this?


Carbon Navigation Services allows one to create an open panel that 
allows browsing of hidden files/folders.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>