Getting view profiles in Konqueror to stick

[pwabrahams]

I'm trying to configure Konqueror so that the default view is Info List View. I've banged on Save View Profile every way I can think of, but I still get the space-hogging Icon View. How can I get Info List to be the default?

I notice that the Save View Profile window lists several possibilities, including File Management, Simple Browsing, and Web Browser. I chose File Management since that's what showed up as the initial selection, and it's what I want anyway. But I can't find any information about which profile is used for a particular application of Konqueror. Does that information exist somewhere? How does a view profile get associated with a context?

[askrieger]

Re: Getting view profiles in Konqueror to stick

In Konq, select Settings>"Configure Konqueror">"File Associations">inode>Directory>Embedding. Then move "Info list view" to the top of the list. Trivial, if you're familiar enough with Unix to know that "everything is a file" and all files are "inodes". Of course trivial is defined as hours of frustration before the penny drops.

Maybe they'll do this better in KDE4, but I doubt it.

[klerfayt]

Re: Getting view profiles in Konqueror to stick

I'm trying to configure Konqueror so that the default view is Info List View. I've banged on Save View Profile every way I can think of, but I still get the space-hogging Icon View. How can I get Info List to be the default?

I notice that the Save View Profile window lists several possibilities, including File Management, Simple Browsing, and Web Browser. I chose File Management since that's what showed up as the initial selection, and it's what I want anyway. But I can't find any information about which profile is used for a particular application of Konqueror. Does that information exist somewhere? How does a view profile get associated with a context?

depends on how you start konqueror (as file manager or web browser?), however if you saved konqueror with list view to all profiles, then something else might be going on.