Remember the view mode.

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+lxqt-qtplugin (0.12.0-4ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Cherry-pick an upstream commit because the upstream release cycle is too
+    slow:
+    - Remember the view mode.
+      + remember-view-mode.patch
+      + Upstream commit dfa18ac.
+
+ -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:23:14 -0600
+
 lxqt-qtplugin (0.12.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Bumped Standards to 4.1.2, no changes needed

debian/patches/remember-view-mode.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+Description: Remember the view mode
+ Since the LXQt file dialog has richer modes than the Qt file dialog does, it
+ is better to remember the user's choice on closing the dialog, as is the case
+ in KDE.
+Author: Tsu Jan <tsujan2000@gmail.com>
+Origin: backport
+Bug: https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/issues/1358
+Applied-Upstream: commit:dfa18ac
+Last-Update: 2018-02-05
+--- a/src/lxqtfiledialoghelper.cpp
++++ b/src/lxqtfiledialoghelper.cpp
+@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
+ 
+ static std::unique_ptr<Fm::LibFmQt> libfmQtContext_;
+ 
++inline static const QString viewModeToString(Fm::FolderView::ViewMode value);
++inline static Fm::FolderView::ViewMode viewModeFromString(const QString& str);
++
+ LXQtFileDialogHelper::LXQtFileDialogHelper() {
+     if(!libfmQtContext_) {
+         // initialize libfm-qt only once
+@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ bool LXQtFileDialogHelper::show(Qt::Wind
+     // https://github.com/KDE/plasma-integration/blob/master/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
+     dlg_->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(parent);
+ 
++    applyOptions();
++
+     loadSettings();
+     // central positioning with respect to the parent window
+     if(parent && parent->isVisible()) {
+@@ -60,8 +65,6 @@ bool LXQtFileDialogHelper::show(Qt::Wind
+                    parent->y() + (parent->height() - dlg_->height()) / 2);
+     }
+ 
+-    applyOptions();
+-
+     // NOTE: the timer here is required as a workaround borrowed from KDE. Without this, the dialog UI will be blocked.
+     // QFileDialog calls our platform plugin to show our own native file dialog instead of showing its widget.
+     // However, it still creates a hidden dialog internally, and then make it modal.
+@@ -139,8 +142,6 @@ void LXQtFileDialogHelper::applyOptions(
+     }
+ 
+     dlg_->setFilter(opt->filter());
+-    dlg_->setViewMode(opt->viewMode() == QFileDialogOptions::Detail ? Fm::FolderView::DetailedListMode
+-                                                                    : Fm::FolderView::CompactMode);
+     dlg_->setFileMode(QFileDialog::FileMode(opt->fileMode()));
+     dlg_->setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptMode(opt->acceptMode())); // also sets a default label for accept button
+     // bool useDefaultNameFilters() const;
+@@ -191,12 +192,56 @@ void LXQtFileDialogHelper::applyOptions(
+     // QStringList supportedSchemes() const;
+ }
+ 
++static const QString viewModeToString(Fm::FolderView::ViewMode value) {
++    QString ret;
++    switch(value) {
++    case Fm::FolderView::DetailedListMode:
++    default:
++        ret = QLatin1String("Detailed");
++        break;
++    case Fm::FolderView::CompactMode:
++        ret = QLatin1String("Compact");
++        break;
++    case Fm::FolderView::IconMode:
++        ret = QLatin1String("Icon");
++        break;
++    case Fm::FolderView::ThumbnailMode:
++        ret = QLatin1String("Thumbnail");
++        break;
++    }
++    return ret;
++}
++
++Fm::FolderView::ViewMode viewModeFromString(const QString& str) {
++    Fm::FolderView::ViewMode ret;
++    if(str == QLatin1String("Detailed")) {
++        ret = Fm::FolderView::DetailedListMode;
++    }
++    else if(str == QLatin1String("Compact")) {
++        ret = Fm::FolderView::CompactMode;
++    }
++    else if(str == QLatin1String("Icon")) {
++        ret = Fm::FolderView::IconMode;
++    }
++    else if(str == QLatin1String("Thumbnail")) {
++        ret = Fm::FolderView::ThumbnailMode;
++    }
++    else {
++        ret = Fm::FolderView::DetailedListMode;
++    }
++    return ret;
++}
++
+ void LXQtFileDialogHelper::loadSettings() {
+     QSettings settings(QSettings::UserScope, "lxqt", "filedialog");
+     settings.beginGroup ("Sizes");
+     dlg_->resize(settings.value("WindowSize", QSize(700, 500)).toSize());
+     dlg_->setSplitterPos(settings.value("SplitterPos", 200).toInt());
+     settings.endGroup();
++
++   settings.beginGroup ("View");
++   dlg_->setViewMode(viewModeFromString(settings.value("Mode", "Detailed").toString()));
++   settings.endGroup();
+ }
+ 
+ void LXQtFileDialogHelper::saveSettings() {
+@@ -211,6 +256,13 @@ void LXQtFileDialogHelper::saveSettings(
+         settings.setValue("SplitterPos", splitterPos);
+     }
+     settings.endGroup();
++
++    settings.beginGroup ("View");
++    QString mode = viewModeToString(dlg_->viewMode());
++    if(settings.value("Mode") != mode) {
++        settings.setValue("Mode", mode);
++    }
++    settings.endGroup();
+ }
+ 
+ /*

debian/patches/series

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ubuntu-specific patches
+remember-view-mode.patch