# How to set File Dialog view preference (default icon size)

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** plasma\
**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397 "2026-07-03T06:26:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![6lbs\_onion](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/6/f9ae1b/32.png) [@6lbs\_onion](https://discuss.kde.org/u/6lbs_onion)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397/1 "2026-07-03T06:26:15Z")

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![image](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7cf44a8f4e725f0726a6bed875b75f62fe7507c3.png)

my open/save file dialog always open to maxed out icon size like this and I cant find the preference settings to change it.

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**Author:** ![Krovikan](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/krovikan/32/20043_2.png) [@Krovikan](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Krovikan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397/2 "2026-07-03T09:41:15Z")

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This remembers me my thread:

> [@File Dialog will not remember preview (F11) size](https://discuss.kde.org/t/file-dialog-will-not-remember-preview-f11-size/48327/):
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> I take a screenshot with Spectacle and I go to save it and appears this odd screen. Preview It’s taking up almost the entire window. Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260627 KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0 Qt Version: 6.11.1 Kernel Version: 7.0.12-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 14 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 245K Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.9 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Regards

Not solution yet.

Regards

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**Author:** ![skyfishgoo](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/skyfishgoo/32/2001_2.png) [@skyfishgoo](https://discuss.kde.org/u/skyfishgoo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397/3 "2026-07-03T14:27:45Z")

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hi, welcome.

the dialog normally will remember how it was configured, but there seems to be glitch in that process at the moment.

for reference please post the output of `kinfo` from a terminal window, you can use the preformatted text option above in the editor to paste your text.

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**Author:** ![6lbs\_onion](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/6/f9ae1b/32.png) [@6lbs\_onion](https://discuss.kde.org/u/6lbs_onion)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397/4 "2026-07-04T20:06:05Z")

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```auto
Operating System: Bazzite 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.9-ogc3.2.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT 16-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

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**Author:** ![Krovikan](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/krovikan/32/20043_2.png) [@Krovikan](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Krovikan)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-set-file-dialog-view-preference-default-icon-size/48397/5 "2026-07-18T11:55:05Z")

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Plasma 6.7.2 fixes the issue as I said in [my thread](https://discuss.kde.org/t/file-dialog-will-not-remember-preview-f11-size/48327/).

Regards