Created attachment 189352 [details] Folder picker has no option to change the view mode Since Dolphin is the default file manager on Plasma, it would be better if Dolphin were used as the file/folder picker frontend. That would reduce the burden of maintaining 2 separate components. Currently, the file picker is a separate component which tries very hard to mimic Dolphin's configs & view modes. The major problem is the folder picker, which only shows a tree view and doesn't support changing the view mode. These things confuse users, especially for the folder picker part. These problems will also be solved if Dolphin is used as the portal frontend.
Dolphin is a file manager application, not a file/folder picker dialog. They share common building blocks where it makes sense, but ultimately they are different things with different requirements