when I open a folder it always displays in icon view: it never remembers the view or window size previously used.

[jonm]

I'm using 15.10, but I upgraded from 12.04 via 14.10 & 15.04 (I think) which both had the same problem.

When I open a folder I expect it to remember last time I opened it - whether I was using icon or list view, size of window, and size of font / thumbnail (i.e. how many times I pressed ctl +). Instead I always get returned to a small icon view of my files in date rather than name sequence. It makes finding the file I want a pain.

Jon

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: unity 7.3.2+15.10.20151016-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3
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NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
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.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

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CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Nov 11 16:56:08 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-11-06 12:26:09,901 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
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XorgConf:
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xserver.bootTime: Wed Nov 11 16:31:39 2015
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
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