Description of Problem: If you open Nautilus, Hide the Sidebar, close the window, then reopen it, the Sidebar reappears. The same applies for the Toolbar, Location Bar, and Status Bar. Nautilus DOES remember other View preferences automatically, such as the Zoom level, View as Icons/List, and Arrange Items selections. For consistency, it should EITHER remember the preferences to Show/Hide the sidebars, OR not remember the other preferences. I realize the preferences are configurable through Edit->Preferences, but perhaps Edit->Preferences should have a "Remember each folder's settings automatically" option which controls this behavior for EVERY setting. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.0.0-6 How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Double click on a folder 2. Select View->Hide Sidebar 3. Close the window 4. Double click on the same folder Actual Results: The sidebar is shown. Expected Results: The sidebar preference should be remembered (or no settings should be remembered, or this behavior should be configurable). Additional Information:
Upstream as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88783
Whether the sidebar is visible or not is not part of the directory metadata, so it's not stored with the current view and zoom level. However, the closed/opened sidebar for a new window state is now stored from the latest window you closed. I don't consider this inconsistant, since the sidebar is part of the navigation interface and not the directory view.