title: How to display hidden files with Visual Studio Code
body: <p>The "open file" dialog in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code" rel="noreferrer">Visual Studio Code</a> is not showing hidden files. For example, when looking at my home directory, none of the <code>.</code> files are shown:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TwUof.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TwUof.png" alt="Enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I did look through the <code>settings.json</code> file, but I did not find any applicable setting.  So - how do I configure Visual Studio Code properly?</p>