With 24.12 (if possible) dolphin uses extended file attributes to store how the view mode should look like instead of .directory files, but after this update my view mode is all over the place. I set it up so by default the view mode should show type, sort by type, details view mode, show hidden folders, folders first, and hidden files last and for folders with a lot of images or videos I used icon view mode but after the update it ignores it and use details view mode without showing types, and hidden files and it sorts by name instead of type. Is there a way to “nuke” the file
In Dolphin 24.12.0 customizing the default view settings is currently broken, this might be the cause for the problems you are experiencing:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495878
There are command line utilities like attr or xattr that can be used for this purpose (haven’t used them myself so far).
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There is a option in “View>Adjust Display Style” but the issue is when you use it it resets the placement of the columns (if you set it up as [name][type][size][modified] if you use the tool it set it as [name][size][modified][type]) and I think this option should be in “Settings>Configure Dolphin>View” here is the bug report I made: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497472