"View new folders using" default view preference isn't applied unless you open a new Thunar window

Version information

  • Thunar v4.20.7
  • openSUSE Tumbleweed Xfce live ISO snapshot 20260303

Steps to reproduce

  1. open Thunar
  2. go to Edit menu ▶️ Preferences...
  3. set the drop-down menu next to View new folders using to a different setting e.g. Compact View (under the assumption that the current view was not Compact)
  4. click the Close button
  5. in the same Thunar window you opened in step 1, navigate to a different folder
  6. observe how your view is not in fact "Compact View"
  7. go to File menu ▶️ New Tab
  8. observe how the view is still not in fact "Compact View"
  9. go to File menu ▶️ New Window
  10. observe how now the view is in fact "Compact View"
  11. back on the initial window & tab you opened in step 1, once again go to File menu ▶️ New Tab
  12. observe how this, too, is now in "Compact View"
  13. back on the initial window & tab you opened in step 1, navigate to a new location without closing or opening a new tab nor window
  14. observe how the view is still not "Compact View"

Current behavior

The View new folders using default view setting is not applied unless you open a new Thunar window

Expected outcome

The View new folders using default view setting should apply within the currently-open window as well, whether to the currently-open directory or once you navigate to a different directory. It should also apply if you do a File menu ▶️ New Tab (i.e. the above step 7)

Video demonstration

(Video may need to be downloaded and played back in mpv or the like - it looks seriously messed up in my personal Firefox for some reason, but not in Firefox via a live ISO of OmegaLinux...?) video

Edited by NM64