diff --git a/src/SeerGdbWidget.cpp b/src/SeerGdbWidget.cpp
index a0bfba8..6d137b1 100644
--- a/src/SeerGdbWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/SeerGdbWidget.cpp
@@ -3400,12 +3400,15 @@ const QStringList& SeerGdbWidget::sourceHeaderFilePatterns () const {
 
 void SeerGdbWidget::setSourceIgnoreFilePatterns (const QStringList& filePatterns) {
 
-    sourceLibraryManagerWidget->sourceBrowserWidget()->setIgnoreFilePatterns(filePatterns);
+    _ignoreFilePatterns = filePatterns;
+
+    sourceLibraryManagerWidget->sourceBrowserWidget()->setIgnoreFilePatterns(sourceIgnoreFilePatterns());
+    editorManager()->setEditorIgnoreDirectories(sourceIgnoreFilePatterns());
 }
 
 const QStringList& SeerGdbWidget::sourceIgnoreFilePatterns () const {
 
-    return sourceLibraryManagerWidget->sourceBrowserWidget()->ignoreFilePatterns();
+    return _ignoreFilePatterns;
 }
 
 void SeerGdbWidget::setAssemblyShowAssemblyTabOnStartup (bool flag) {
diff --git a/src/SeerGdbWidget.h b/src/SeerGdbWidget.h
index b08d371..8096c0b 100644
--- a/src/SeerGdbWidget.h
+++ b/src/SeerGdbWidget.h
@@ -414,5 +414,7 @@ class SeerGdbWidget : public QWidget, protected Ui::SeerGdbWidgetForm {
 
         QVector<int>                        _dataExpressionId;
         QVector<QString>                    _dataExpressionName;
+
+        QStringList                         _ignoreFilePatterns;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/SeerUtl.cpp b/src/SeerUtl.cpp
index 3be7892..07be08b 100644
--- a/src/SeerUtl.cpp
+++ b/src/SeerUtl.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QRegularExpression>
 #include <QtCore/QRegularExpressionMatch>
+#include <QtCore/QByteArray>
 
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -710,7 +711,9 @@ namespace Seer {
         return false;
     }
 
-
+    bool hasWildcards (const QString& str) {
+        return (str.indexOf('*') >= 0) || (str.indexOf('?') >= 0);
+    }
 
     QString elideText (const QString& str, Qt::TextElideMode mode, int length) {
 
diff --git a/src/SeerUtl.h b/src/SeerUtl.h
index fe74a72..dffb28f 100644
--- a/src/SeerUtl.h
+++ b/src/SeerUtl.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Seer {
     QStringList                 quoteChars          (const QStringList& strings, const QString& chars);
     QString                     varObjParent        (const QString& str);
     bool                        matchesWildcard     (const QStringList& regexpatterns, const QString& string);
+    bool                        hasWildcards        (const QString& str);
     QString                     elideText           (const QString& str, Qt::TextElideMode mode, int length);
     QStringList                 split               (const QString& str);
     QString                     unescape            (const QString& str);