const int newWidth = (viewTab.primaryView->width() - splitter->handleWidth()) / 2;
const DolphinView* view = viewTab.primaryView->view();
- viewTab.secondaryView = createViewContainer(view->url(), 0);
+ // The final parent of the new view container will be set by adding it
+ // to the splitter. However, we must make sure that the DolphinMainWindow
+ // is a parent of the view container already when it is constructed
+ // because this enables the container's KFileItemModel to assign its
+ // dir lister to the right main window. The dir lister can then cache
+ // authentication data.
+ viewTab.secondaryView = createViewContainer(view->url(), this);
splitter->addWidget(viewTab.secondaryView);
splitter->setSizes(QList<int>() << newWidth << newWidth);