Evince does not save settings at all

[palookabutt]

Using evince version 3.10.3 on Ubuntu 14.04. Tried every way I could think to change the default settings to remove the sidebar and set default view to fit-width.

1. Used dconf Editor to ensure show-sidebar and show-toolbar was deselected and sizing-mode was set to fit-width (see attached screenshot).
2. Created a new PDF file. I opened the file and saw that the sidebar was still there and sizing was fit-page.
3. I corrected the view and used Save Current Settings As Default to save the settings
4. Used File -> Close to close the file
5. Opened the file in Evince again and the sidebar was still there and sizing was still fit-page. I would have attached a second screenshot but the website doesn't allow more than one.

I have scanned the internet for this bug, but most responses were for much older versions and/or claimed to be resolved, though I couldn't find an explanation of how they were resolved. The closest thing I could find was a complaint about viewing size being saved at 80% instead of 100%.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alan Ott (alan-signal11)]

Evince does update dconf, but doesn't seem to do anything with the settings at startup.

[Adam L Taylor (adamltaylor)]

This still seems to happen in Ubuntu 18.04.3. Is this an upstream issue? Maybe get rid of the "Save current settings as default" menu item if it does nothing?

[aeronutt (aeronutt)]

This is still a problem in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Selecting "save current settings as default" does nothing.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The option and what is doing exactly is discussed in details on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1138