Bug 440898

Summary:	Settings for file picker (tree view, preview, etc.) are not remembered (in Firefox and other apps)
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kio	Reporter:	Simon Pfeifer <simon.pfeifer>
Component:	Open/save dialogs	Assignee:	Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	katyaberezyaka, kdelibs-bugs, nate, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.92.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443251
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Simon Pfeifer 2021-08-12 15:37:59 UTC

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Firefox...
2. Save a file choose the "tree view"
3. Close the save-file-dialog
4. Open save-file-dialog again


OBSERVED RESULT

Open dialog again and it defaults to the default view


EXPECTED RESULT

Retain setting


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 34, Plasma 5.22.4
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2022-04-04 09:17:27 UTC

Is this still a problem on plasma 5.24/kf5.92?

Comment 2 Simon Pfeifer 2022-04-04 21:46:55 UTC

(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #1)
> Is this still a problem on plasma 5.24/kf5.92?

Yes, this is partially fixed. The viewing options like tree view are now retained, the the visual preview setting is not. That happens on native apps using the file picker as well.

Comment 3 Harald Sitter 2022-04-05 08:01:50 UTC

Moving to KIO since this happens outside sandboxes too.