Bug 427646

Summary:	Per folder view settings
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	lesto <lestofante88>
Component:	view-engine: general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dolphin-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	20.08.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description lesto 2020-10-13 17:25:08 UTC

SUMMARY
I norally want dolphin display by icons and alphabetically, but for some folder i want different view; for download I want list and order by ascending modification date, for example, to identify quickly new downloads.

I search online and there should be a "this folder only" in the "view display style" menu, but is not there in Dolphin 20.8.2.

There does not seems to be any intuitive or GUI way to do it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open a folder
2. change view settings

OBSERVED RESULT
the view changes for all folder, and there is no option anywhere that i can find

EXPECTED RESULT
the view changes for only the current folder

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.9.0-1-mainline
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2020-10-13 17:35:47 UTC

Configure Dolphin > General > Behavior tab > Remember display style for each folder.

Comment 2 lesto 2020-10-13 18:07:55 UTC

Works for me, but is there a p[lace to discuss about the discoverability of that feature and/or if should be enabled by default?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-10-13 18:29:10 UTC

Here, or the VDG room. See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/design#Communication_and_Workflow

FWIW we used to have per-folder view settings on by default, but we got bug reports and user complaints because people couldn't figure out why changing the view style using the toolbar buttons wasn't persistent.

As for discoverability, it's visible as the first item on the front page of the settings window. :)