SUMMARY Configuring the default view settings for folders that have no individual view settings doesn't work anymore currently, custom settings for the default view seem to be just getting ignored by Dolphin. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Dolphin (build from master, or e.g. boot live image of openSUSE Krypton). 2. Default view mode is "Symbols". 3. Create a fresh test folder, and fill it with content (an empty file is sufficient). 4. Go to the folder above your test folder. 5. Enable menu bar (Ctrl+M) 6. Enable "Settings -> Configure Dolphin -> View -> Remember display style for each folder" 7. Open "View -> Adjust View Display Style..." 8. Set "View mode" to "Details" and check "Use as default view settings", click OK. 9. Go to the test folder. OBSERVED RESULT View mode of test folder is still set to "Symbols", despite "Details" was configured in the steps before. EXPECTED RESULT View mode of test folder should be "Details", respecting the default view settings made before. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Reproduced with: * Dolphin build from master with kdesrc-build * Dolphin from openSuse Krypton current live image running in a VM.
Confirmed on git-master Dolphin Operating System: Solus 4.6 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.7.3 Kernel Version: 6.11.5-307.current (64-bit)
(In reply to Jan Rathmann from comment #0) > SUMMARY > Configuring the default view settings for folders that have no individual > view settings doesn't work anymore currently, custom settings for the > default view seem to be just getting ignored by Dolphin. Seems indeed like we might be saving view properties even for folders for which an explicit view mode has never been set. The fix would be to not save anything for them.
Seems the "Use as default view settings" sets the default settings for the current folder only. It doesn't propagate to any new folders or such. In fact the setting is not even saved. When you toggle the checkbox, click ok and open the view settings again, the checkbox is off again.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/870
*** Bug 497405 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The patch fixes the issue for me.
*** Bug 497461 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***