Bug 501798

Summary:	Default view display style settings are not being respected
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	crystalmv13
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	audvare, john.kizer, kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description crystalmv13 2025-03-20 14:12:35 UTC

SUMMARY
When I try to use the "Remember display style for each folder" setting, but then try to change the default display style setting to Details, Dolphin still uses Icons unless a .directory is present.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set Configure > Configure Dolphin > View > Remember display style for each folder
2. Open More > View > Adjust View Display Style
3. Set View mode to Details, and check "Use as default view settings"
4. Create a new folder and enter it

OBSERVED RESULT
A .directory file is created in the directory. When entering the new folder, it still uses Icons view.

EXPECTED RESULT
No .directory file should be created for this action. Instead, as it was before, Dolphin should use Details view whenever a .directory file is not present, and only create one when the desired view differs from the default.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250316 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In case it is important to know, my drive is formatted with Btrfs.
Possibly related to #495878. Version 24.12.3 fixed the bug for them but not for me.

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-04-07 18:34:44 UTC

Hi - I wasn't able to reproduce the issue you're seeing with those steps - it is strange that you're seeing .directory files getting created at all on a Btrfs filesystem, though. Just to check, is the path where you're creating that folder definitely on that same volume? If you change the view settings of a previously existing folder, does a .directory file get created and/or updated?

Thanks!

Comment 2 crystalmv13 2025-04-16 15:24:40 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #1)
> Hi - I wasn't able to reproduce the issue you're seeing with those steps -
> it is strange that you're seeing .directory files getting created at all on
> a Btrfs filesystem, though. Just to check, is the path where you're creating
> that folder definitely on that same volume? If you change the view settings
> of a previously existing folder, does a .directory file get created and/or
> updated?
> 
> Thanks!

Hi John, you're right -- I mostly work on a mounted drive using rclone, but the issue is not reproducible working with my local filesystem. I apologize for not considering that. However, I'm not sure then why Dolphin listens to a different default display style when in the mounted drive as opposed to my local filesystem. I'm fine with using a couple .directory files there, but most of them shouldn't differ from my default details display style.

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-04-16 18:38:12 UTC

Thanks for the info - hmm, just curious, if you perform the Adjust View Display Style > Details > Use as default view settings steps while navigated to a path on that rclone filesystem (as opposed to a path on your local device's filesystem), does that change anything?

Just checking if there's some possibility that a different set of defaults is perhaps being used for filesystems that seem to not support extended attributes?

Comment 4 crystalmv13 2025-04-18 13:35:40 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #3)
> Thanks for the info - hmm, just curious, if you perform the Adjust View
> Display Style > Details > Use as default view settings steps while navigated
> to a path on that rclone filesystem (as opposed to a path on your local
> device's filesystem), does that change anything?
> 
> Just checking if there's some possibility that a different set of defaults
> is perhaps being used for filesystems that seem to not support extended
> attributes?

Of course -- yes, I've usually done these steps on the rclone filesystem, and I just tried it again. It still uses Icons as the default there, unfortunately.

Comment 5 Andrew Udvare 2025-09-10 17:43:46 UTC

I am getting this issue where random directories decide to ignore the default setting. Right after I follow the steps in the parent post here, I go to another directory and it's back to showing icons without any explanation.