Show hidden directories in browser

src/CrossPointSettings.h

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ class CrossPointSettings {
   uint8_t fadingFix = 0;
   // Use book's embedded CSS styles for EPUB rendering (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled)
   uint8_t embeddedStyle = 1;
+  // Show hidden files/directories (starting with '.') in the file browser (0 = hidden, 1 = show)
+  uint8_t showHiddenFiles = 0;
 
   ~CrossPointSettings() = default;
 

src/SettingsList.h

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ inline const std::vector<SettingInfo>& getSettingsList() {
       SettingInfo::Enum(StrId::STR_TIME_TO_SLEEP, &CrossPointSettings::sleepTimeout,
                         {StrId::STR_MIN_1, StrId::STR_MIN_5, StrId::STR_MIN_10, StrId::STR_MIN_15, StrId::STR_MIN_30},
                         "sleepTimeout", StrId::STR_CAT_SYSTEM),
+      SettingInfo::Toggle(StrId::STR_SHOW_HIDDEN_FILES, &CrossPointSettings::showHiddenFiles, "showHiddenFiles",
+                          StrId::STR_CAT_SYSTEM),
 
       // --- KOReader Sync (web-only, uses KOReaderCredentialStore) ---
       SettingInfo::DynamicString(

src/activities/home/FileBrowserActivity.cpp

@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "../util/ConfirmationActivity.h"
+#include "CrossPointSettings.h"
 #include "MappedInputManager.h"
 #include "components/UITheme.h"
 #include "fontIds.h"
 #include "util/StringUtils.h"
 
+
 namespace {
 constexpr unsigned long GO_HOME_MS = 1000;
 }  // namespace
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ void FileBrowserActivity::loadFiles() {
   char name[500];
   for (auto file = root.openNextFile(); file; file = root.openNextFile()) {
     file.getName(name, sizeof(name));
-    if (name[0] == '.' || strcmp(name, "System Volume Information") == 0) {
+    if ((!SETTINGS.showHiddenFiles && name[0] == '.') || strcmp(name, "System Volume Information") == 0) {
       file.close();
       continue;
     }

src/network/CrossPointWebServer.cpp

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void CrossPointWebServer::scanFiles(const char* path, const std::function<void(F
     auto fileName = String(name);
 
     // Skip hidden items (starting with ".")
-    bool shouldHide = fileName.startsWith(".");
+    bool shouldHide = !SETTINGS.showHiddenFiles && fileName.startsWith(".");
 
     // Check against explicitly hidden items list
     if (!shouldHide) {