[dolphin] [Bug 447321] New: When dolphin opens, all 4 panels are open, and the whole window is small (quarter of screen); also for windows opened by restore of saved session; new in v 21.12.

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447321

            Bug ID: 447321
           Summary: When dolphin opens, all 4 panels are open, and the
                    whole window is small (quarter of screen); also for
                    windows opened by restore of saved session; new in v
                    21.12.
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 21.12.0
          Platform: Manjaro
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: panels: terminal
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: radia.e at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 144743
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=144743&action=edit
dolphin window as I expect it to open

SUMMARY

Whenever dolphin opens, all 4 panels are open, 
and the whole window is small (only a quarter of the screen).
The central part of the window is so small that it's useless.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Simply open a new Dolphin window, by any normal method.

OBSERVED RESULT
Small window, all panels open, central panel too small to be usable.
The menus and toolbars are OK, as is the folder that is shown in the centre.

EXPECTED RESULT
Window configuration (size, position, panels) should be the same as the last
window I used.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I have to press F4, F9, F11, drag the window to a bigger size, drag the folder
panel wider.
(Even if I simply go to full screen, the extra panels restrict what can be seen
too much.
And I don't go full screen, as there's a column of icons on the desktop that I
drag files onto.)

This behavior is new in KDE Gear version 12.12.0
(Manjaro stable update 2021-12-16).

It's possible that it's caused by a change in a config item,
but I have looked through Settings > Configure Dolphin,
and they seem to be all as they were before the update.
If you need my settings file, please tell me the path of it.

Previous behavior was to open at the size of my last-used dolphin window,
with the same panel at the same width, as shown in attached screenshot.

This new behavior happens also with dolphin windows 
opened when logging into plasma, restoring a saved session.
(Some of these are full height, but are otherwise as described above.)

As I usually have about 20 dolphin windows (across 6 workspaces) in a saved
session, each with many tabs open,
and as I rely on these saved windows to get quickly back to the various jobs I
was working on,
having them come up in this unusable configuration seriously slows me down.
I can't even see what tabs are open in a window until I've resized it,
and my habit was to find my way back to a job by opening dolphin windows and
glancing at the tabs.

(Wanted to attach a screenshot of how it actually opens, but cannot see how to
attach more than one file.)

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