commit 96122ce9a1fce816da654d60218cce92efc00123
from: Brett Fisher <code@brettfisher.xyz>
date: Mon Jul  6 15:45:28 2026 UTC

aestel/menu.lua, aestel/navigate.lua: Add toggle for hidden files.

  - Modify menu.lua to return -1 when the '.' key is pressed.
  - Implement show_hidden state in navigate.browse loop.
  - Update build_list to filter hidden files based on state.
  - Fix logic in M.browse to correctly handle the '.' toggle signal
    without interrupting the navigation loop.

commit - 10c33e752bf60594a66bdb3ae861ad8ed8c7f4a1
commit + 96122ce9a1fce816da654d60218cce92efc00123
blob - eec5bedd611d470163ae99559843d23ff39bc980
blob + ab41080edff33d734e5cc7b84b712ff5515c5da8
--- aestel/menu.lua
+++ aestel/menu.lua
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ function M.menu(title, options, start_row, header_line
 		elseif key == "h" or key == "left" then  -- CHANGED: Added "left" for up dir
 			result = 0  -- Signal "go up"
 			running = false
+		elseif key == "." then  -- NEW: Toggle hidden
+			result = -1 
+			running = false
 		elseif key == "l" or key == "right" or key == "\r" or key == "\n" then  -- CHANGED: Added "right" for down dir/select
 			result = selected_index  -- Select current (dir or file)
 			running = false
blob - 64eda84279ad104dad24a195f6ffee9ec73ef9cc
blob + 1ae918510c51a162be90f8426c383b4913c331ef
--- aestel/navigate.lua
+++ aestel/navigate.lua
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ local function change_dir(cur, target, base_dir)
 	return new_path
 end
 
-local function build_list(path)
+local function build_list(path, show_hidden)
 	local dirs, files = {}, {}
 	for item in lfs.dir(path) do
 		if item ~= "." and item ~= ".." then
+			if not show_hidden and item:sub(1,1) == "." then
+				-- skip hidden
+			else
 			local full = join_path(path, item)
 			local attr = lfs.attributes(full)
 			if attr then
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ local function build_list(path)
 					table.insert(files, item)
 				end
 			end
+			end
 		end
 	end
 	table.sort(dirs)
@@ -92,13 +96,14 @@ end
 function M.browse(start_dir, base_dir, title)
 	title = title or ""
 	local cwd = normalize_path(start_dir or lfs.currentdir() or home_dir)
+	local show_hidden = false
 	local header_lines = display.write_header(title)
 
 	local running = true
 	local selected_file = nil
 
 	while running do
-		local items = build_list(cwd)
+		local items = build_list(cwd, show_hidden)
 		if #items == 0 then
 			local selected_index = menu.menu(title, items, header_lines + 1, header_lines, "Empty directory. Press 'h' to go up, 'q' to quit.")
 			if selected_index == 0 then
@@ -118,6 +123,8 @@ function M.browse(start_dir, base_dir, title)
 
 			if not selected_index then
 				running = false
+			elseif selected_index == -1 then
+				show_hidden = not show_hidden
 			elseif selected_index == 0 then
 				local new_cwd, err = change_dir(cwd, "..", base_dir)
 				if new_cwd then