Folder with only Visible="False" items still appears in Solution Explorer

[drewnoakes]

Given folder structure:

myproj.csproj
Folder\Text.txt

Where myproj.csproj contains:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="Folder/Text.txt" Visible="False" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

The folder appears in the tree with no children.

Setting Visible="False" on the Folder item doesn't work.

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Reported in microsoft/VSProjectSystem#162 which pointed to #1233, yet that is closed and seems unrelated as in the example above the hidden file is within the project cone.

[davkean]

I think this is known. Given we can implicitly determine that a folder only contains "linked" items, I'm sure we could (but haven't determined) detect a folder with only hidden items and hide it.,

[davkean]

See: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/215427/unmanaged-dlls-of-a-nuget-package-show-u-in-the-ro.html.

[jjmew]

@davkean I am moving this to 16.6. Can you help us route this issue?

[davkean]

Duping this against https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/1079955/parent-folder-of-items-marked-as-visiblefalse-stil.html.

[Dean-NC]

@davkean Is this fixed in 16.6.0, or will it be in 16.7? I'm on 16.6.0 and it's not fixed.

[TechInterMezzo]

Is it just me or did this problem return in VS 2022?

[alvisespano]

Is it just me or did this problem return in VS 2022?

Yes it's back. And I haven't been able to find a workaround, either online or trying myself.

[manojdcoder]

@davkean Issue is back in VS 2022, could this be reopened?

[drewnoakes]

@manojdcoder this issue does not belong to this repo. It was moved to Developer Community so that it could be assigned to another team (not on GitHub). If you're seeing an issue here, could you please open a feedback ticket with detailed steps. If you link it here, I'll ensure it's routed correctly. Thanks.

[cytoph]

@manojdcoder Did you open a ticket in the Developer Community? If so could you link it here? Because I have this problem, too, in the current version of Visual Studio and would like to know if there's something to do about it.

[manojdcoder]

@cytoph No, I did not. I don't even know what it means to open a ticket in Dev Community outside Github.