chore: update breaking changes for Electron 42#51548
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Document removal of 'showHiddenFiles' property in Linux dialogs.
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May 7, 2026
| ### Removed: `showHiddenFiles` in Dialogs on Linux | ||
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| This property will still be honored on macOS and Windows, but support on Linux | ||
| will be removed in Electron 42. GTK intends for this to be a user choice rather |
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| will be removed in Electron 42. GTK intends for this to be a user choice rather | |
| was removed in Electron 42. GTK intends for this to be a user choice rather |
Just to make sure, did you verify it was actually removed?
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Discussion in Slack shows this was never removed! We probably should not have mentioned the specific version here, changing this to a "future version of Electron"
Removed mention of 'showHiddenFiles' in Dialogs on Linux and updated deprecation notice.
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I have automatically backported this PR to "42-x-y", please check out #51550 |
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I have automatically backported this PR to "43-x-y", please check out #51551 |
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Sorry, added the labels to the wrong PR! |
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This PR documents the removal of 'showHiddenFiles' property in Linux dialogs.
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