In older versions of the engine, prior to 5.4, using that filter would also leave other files visible.
Now, using the filter ONLY shows redirector files, which makes browsing and hunting them down way more difficult.
One cannot just leave the filter on all the time anymore.
This is the filter being OFF (the existing files in the folder are visible).
Now the same folder with the filter ON.
I don’t have any redirector in that folder, but in previous engine versions the other assets would still be visible.
This is another screenshot showing how it is in a folder that actually contains redirectors.
Well it’s how it has always worked before for the Redirector filter.
The point here is to leave it on so you can work normally, whilst allowing any Redirector you (or your dear colleagues) might have left behind, and clean them up as you go along.
The point isn’t so much how it should work. It just used to work some way before and Epic changes stuff that people are used to. Instead of changing the behavior altogether, they should at least expose an option for it (which I did not find in the Content Browser settings, but maybe there is one somewhere else, in the editor settings for example?)
Aaaaah never mind, an awesome colleague of mine just reminded me the filter I am after was in another place.
Instead of Miscellaneous > Redirector, you wanna use Other Filters > Show Redirectors.
