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Re: Viewing hidden files

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Jeff Layman wrote:
> It's straightforward with Nemo; just go into the "View" menu and tick 
> the "Show hidden files" box. But what if there's no menu?
>
> My pet hate with browsers is having the tabs above the address bar, 
> and no easy way to put them below it. With Firefox, it was fairly 
> straightforward with a userChrome.css file. However, with the 
> increasing tendency to write webpages specifically for Chrome, I have 
> started using Vivaldi as a backup browser. Although its GUI is very 
> customisable, like Fx there is no simple way of putting tabs below the 
> address bar.
>
> I recently found that it was possible to use a *.css file with Vivaldi 
> in the same way as with Fx to move the tab bar. The page 
> <https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/56809/tabs-below-address-bar-and-bookmark-bar?page=1> 
> shows the script, and refers back to 
> <https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/10549/modding-vivaldi> for general 
> instructions on how to modify Vivaldi. This is the instruction list:
>
> Adding Style (CSS)
> -    Open vivaldi://experiments
> -    Enable "Allow for using CSS modifications".
> -    Open Appearance section in settings.
> -    Under "Custom UI Modifications" choose the folder you want to use.
> -    Place your CSS files inside this folder.
> -    Restart Vivaldi to see them in effect.
>
> The problem is with the "choose the folder you want to use". On 
> clicking the "Select folder" button, a partial Nemo-type GUI appears 
> with a list of all the folders in my Home folder. Well, not all - 
> *none* of the hidden folders appear, and Vivaldi is in the hidden 
> .config folder! As noted above, it would be easy to see the hidden 
> files with Nemo, but the GUI which Vivaldi opens has no menu items. So 
> I took a chance and checked with Nemo's "View" menu, and after 
> ensuring the cursor was in the Vivaldi GUI folder list, keyed Ctrl-H. 
> I was relieved to see .config folder appear, and it was then a simple 
> matter to put the css file in it. On starting Vivaldi, the tabs were 
> below the address bar.
>
> I hope that this is useful for anyone coming across a similar problem.
>

with firefox you can also have the tabs in a side panel, of course

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Linux Mint 22.1

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