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-/***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2006-2010 by Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>        *
- *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>                 *
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
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- ***************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006-2010 Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2006 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
 
 #include "viewproperties.h"
 
-#include "additionalinfoaccessor.h"
 #include "dolphin_directoryviewpropertysettings.h"
 #include "dolphin_generalsettings.h"
+#include "dolphindebug.h"
 
-#include <KComponentData>
-#include <KLocale>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
-#include <KUrl>
+#include <QCryptographicHash>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
 
-#include <QDate>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <KFileItem>
+#include <KFileMetaData/UserMetaData>
 
-#include "settings/dolphinsettings.h"
+namespace
+{
+const int AdditionalInfoViewPropertiesVersion = 1;
+const int NameRolePropertiesVersion = 2;
+const int DateRolePropertiesVersion = 4;
+const int CurrentViewPropertiesVersion = 4;
+
+// String representation to mark the additional properties of
+// the details view as customized by the user. See
+// ViewProperties::visibleRoles() for more information.
+const char CustomizedDetailsString[] = "CustomizedDetails";
+
+// Filename that is used for storing the properties
+const char ViewPropertiesFileName[] = ".directory";
+}
+
+ViewPropertySettings *ViewProperties::loadProperties(const QString &folderPath) const
+{
+    const QString settingsFile = folderPath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName;
+
+    KFileMetaData::UserMetaData metadata(folderPath);
+    if (!metadata.isSupported()) {
+        return new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(settingsFile, KConfig::SimpleConfig));
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<QTemporaryFile> tempFile(new QTemporaryFile());
+    tempFile->setAutoRemove(false);
+    if (!tempFile->open()) {
+        qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Could not open temp file";
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    if (QFile::exists(settingsFile)) {
+        // copy settings to tempfile to load them separately
+        QFile::remove(tempFile->fileName());
+        QFile::copy(settingsFile, tempFile->fileName());
+
+        auto config = KConfig(tempFile->fileName(), KConfig::SimpleConfig);
+        // ignore settings that are outside of dolphin scope
+        if (config.hasGroup("Dolphin") || config.hasGroup("Settings")) {
+            const auto groupList = config.groupList();
+            for (const auto &group : groupList) {
+                if (group != QStringLiteral("Dolphin") && group != QStringLiteral("Settings")) {
+                    config.deleteGroup(group);
+                }
+            }
+            return new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(tempFile->fileName(), KConfig::SimpleConfig));
+
+        } else if (!config.groupList().isEmpty()) {
+            // clear temp file content
+            QFile::remove(tempFile->fileName());
+        }
+    }
 
-namespace {
-    // String representation to mark the additional properties of
-    // the details view as customized by the user. See
-    // ViewProperties::additionalInfoV2() for more information.
-    const char* CustomizedDetailsString = "CustomizedDetails";
+    // load from metadata
+    const QString viewPropertiesString = metadata.attribute(QStringLiteral("kde.fm.viewproperties#1"));
+    if (viewPropertiesString.isEmpty()) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    // load view properties from xattr to temp file then loads into ViewPropertySettings
+    QFile outputFile(tempFile->fileName());
+    outputFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    outputFile.write(viewPropertiesString.toUtf8());
+    outputFile.close();
+    return new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(tempFile->fileName(), KConfig::SimpleConfig));
 }
 
-ViewProperties::ViewProperties(const KUrl& url) :
-    m_changedProps(false),
-    m_autoSave(true),
-    m_node(0)
+ViewPropertySettings *ViewProperties::defaultProperties() const
 {
-    GeneralSettings* settings = DolphinSettings::instance().generalSettings();
-    const bool useGlobalViewProps = settings->globalViewProps();
-    bool useDetailsViewWithPath = false;
+    auto props = loadProperties(destinationDir(QStringLiteral("global")));
+    if (props == nullptr) {
+        qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Could not load default global viewproperties";
+        QTemporaryFile tempFile;
+        tempFile.setAutoRemove(false);
+        if (!tempFile.open()) {
+            qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Could not open temp file";
+            props = new ViewPropertySettings;
+        } else {
+            props = new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(tempFile.fileName(), KConfig::SimpleConfig));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return props;
+}
+
+ViewProperties::ViewProperties(const QUrl &url)
+    : m_changedProps(false)
+    , m_autoSave(true)
+    , m_node(nullptr)
+{
+    GeneralSettings *settings = GeneralSettings::self();
+    const bool useGlobalViewProps = settings->globalViewProps() || url.isEmpty();
+    bool useSearchView = false;
+    bool useTrashView = false;
+    bool useRecentDocumentsView = false;
+    bool useDownloadsView = false;
 
     // We try and save it to the file .directory in the directory being viewed.
     // If the directory is not writable by the user or the directory is not local,
     // we store the properties information in a local file.
-    if (useGlobalViewProps) {
-        m_filePath = destinationDir("global");
-    } else if (url.protocol().contains("search")) {
-        m_filePath = destinationDir("search");
-        useDetailsViewWithPath = true;
-    } else if (url.protocol() == QLatin1String("trash")) {
-        m_filePath = destinationDir("trash");
-        useDetailsViewWithPath = true;
+    if (url.scheme().contains(QLatin1String("search"))) {
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("search/")) + directoryHashForUrl(url);
+        useSearchView = true;
+    } else if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("trash")) {
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("trash"));
+        useTrashView = true;
+    } else if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("recentlyused")) {
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("recentlyused"));
+        useRecentDocumentsView = true;
+    } else if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("timeline")) {
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("timeline"));
+        useRecentDocumentsView = true;
+    } else if (useGlobalViewProps) {
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("global"));
     } else if (url.isLocalFile()) {
         m_filePath = url.toLocalFile();
-        const QFileInfo info(m_filePath);
-        if (!info.isWritable() || !isPartOfHome(m_filePath)) {
-            m_filePath = destinationDir("local") + m_filePath;
+
+        bool useDestinationDir = !isPartOfHome(m_filePath);
+        if (!useDestinationDir) {
+            const KFileItem fileItem(url);
+            useDestinationDir = fileItem.isSlow();
+        }
+
+        if (!useDestinationDir) {
+            const QFileInfo dirInfo(m_filePath);
+            const QFileInfo fileInfo(m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName);
+            useDestinationDir = !dirInfo.isWritable() || (dirInfo.size() > 0 && fileInfo.exists() && !(fileInfo.isReadable() && fileInfo.isWritable()));
+        }
+
+        if (useDestinationDir) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+            // m_filePath probably begins with C:/ - the colon is not a valid character for paths though
+            m_filePath = QDir::separator() + m_filePath.remove(QLatin1Char(':'));
+#endif
+            m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("local")) + m_filePath;
+        }
+
+        if (m_filePath == QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DownloadLocation)) {
+            useDownloadsView = true;
         }
     } else {
-        m_filePath = destinationDir("remote") + m_filePath;
+        m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("remote")) + m_filePath;
     }
 
-    const QString file = m_filePath + QDir::separator() + QLatin1String(".directory");
-    m_node = new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(file));
+    m_node = loadProperties(m_filePath);
+
+    bool useDefaultSettings = useGlobalViewProps ||
+        // If the props timestamp is too old,
+        // use default values instead.
+        (m_node != nullptr && (!useGlobalViewProps || useSearchView || useTrashView || useRecentDocumentsView || useDownloadsView)
+         && m_node->timestamp() < settings->viewPropsTimestamp());
 
-    // If the .directory file does not exist or the timestamp is too old,
-    // use default values instead.
-    const bool useDefaultProps = (!useGlobalViewProps || useDetailsViewWithPath) &&
-                                 (!QFileInfo(file).exists() ||
-                                  (m_node->timestamp() < settings->viewPropsTimestamp()));
-    if (useDefaultProps) {
-        if (useDetailsViewWithPath) {
+    if (m_node == nullptr) {
+        // no settings found for m_filepath, load defaults
+        m_node = defaultProperties();
+        useDefaultSettings = true;
+    }
+
+    // default values for special directories
+    if (useDefaultSettings) {
+        if (useSearchView) {
+            const QString path = url.path();
+
+            if (path == QLatin1String("/images")) {
+                setViewMode(DolphinView::IconsView);
+                setPreviewsShown(true);
+                setVisibleRoles({"text", "dimensions", "imageDateTime"});
+            } else if (path == QLatin1String("/audio")) {
+                setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
+                setVisibleRoles({"text", "artist", "album", "duration"});
+            } else if (path == QLatin1String("/videos")) {
+                setViewMode(DolphinView::IconsView);
+                setPreviewsShown(true);
+                setVisibleRoles({"text"});
+            } else {
+                setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
+                setVisibleRoles({"text", "path", "modificationtime"});
+            }
+        } else if (useTrashView) {
             setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
-            setAdditionalInfo(KFileItemDelegate::InformationList() << KFileItemDelegate::LocalPathOrUrl);
+            setVisibleRoles({"text", "path", "deletiontime"});
+        } else if (useRecentDocumentsView || useDownloadsView) {
+            setSortOrder(Qt::DescendingOrder);
+            setSortFoldersFirst(false);
+            setGroupedSorting(true);
+
+            if (useRecentDocumentsView) {
+                setSortRole(QByteArrayLiteral("accesstime"));
+                setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
+                setVisibleRoles({"text", "path", "accesstime"});
+            } else {
+                setSortRole(QByteArrayLiteral("modificationtime"));
+            }
         } else {
-            // The global view-properties act as default for directories without
-            // any view-property configuration
-            settings->setGlobalViewProps(true);
+            m_changedProps = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (m_node->version() < CurrentViewPropertiesVersion) {
+        // The view-properties have an outdated version. Convert the properties
+        // to the changes of the current version.
+        if (m_node->version() < AdditionalInfoViewPropertiesVersion) {
+            convertAdditionalInfo();
+            Q_ASSERT(m_node->version() == AdditionalInfoViewPropertiesVersion);
+        }
 
-            ViewProperties defaultProps(url);
-            setDirProperties(defaultProps);
+        if (m_node->version() < NameRolePropertiesVersion) {
+            convertNameRoleToTextRole();
+            Q_ASSERT(m_node->version() == NameRolePropertiesVersion);
+        }
 
-            settings->setGlobalViewProps(false);
-            m_changedProps = false;
+        if (m_node->version() < DateRolePropertiesVersion) {
+            convertDateRoleToModificationTimeRole();
+            Q_ASSERT(m_node->version() == DateRolePropertiesVersion);
         }
+
+        m_node->setVersion(CurrentViewPropertiesVersion);
     }
 }
 
@@ -104,8 +242,13 @@ ViewProperties::~ViewProperties()
         save();
     }
 
+    if (!m_node->config()->name().endsWith(ViewPropertiesFileName)) {
+        // remove temp file
+        QFile::remove(m_node->config()->name());
+    }
+
     delete m_node;
-    m_node = 0;
+    m_node = nullptr;
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setViewMode(DolphinView::Mode mode)
@@ -118,59 +261,60 @@ void ViewProperties::setViewMode(DolphinView::Mode mode)
 
 DolphinView::Mode ViewProperties::viewMode() const
 {
-    return static_cast<DolphinView::Mode>(m_node->viewMode());
+    const int mode = qBound(0, m_node->viewMode(), 2);
+    return static_cast<DolphinView::Mode>(mode);
 }
 
-void ViewProperties::setShowPreview(bool show)
+void ViewProperties::setPreviewsShown(bool show)
 {
-    if (m_node->showPreview() != show) {
-        m_node->setShowPreview(show);
+    if (m_node->previewsShown() != show) {
+        m_node->setPreviewsShown(show);
         update();
     }
 }
 
-bool ViewProperties::showPreview() const
+bool ViewProperties::previewsShown() const
 {
-    return m_node->showPreview();
+    return m_node->previewsShown();
 }
 
-void ViewProperties::setShowHiddenFiles(bool show)
+void ViewProperties::setHiddenFilesShown(bool show)
 {
-    if (m_node->showHiddenFiles() != show) {
-        m_node->setShowHiddenFiles(show);
+    if (m_node->hiddenFilesShown() != show) {
+        m_node->setHiddenFilesShown(show);
         update();
     }
 }
 
-void ViewProperties::setCategorizedSorting(bool categorized)
+void ViewProperties::setGroupedSorting(bool grouped)
 {
-    if (m_node->categorizedSorting() != categorized) {
-        m_node->setCategorizedSorting(categorized);
+    if (m_node->groupedSorting() != grouped) {
+        m_node->setGroupedSorting(grouped);
         update();
     }
 }
 
-bool ViewProperties::categorizedSorting() const
+bool ViewProperties::groupedSorting() const
 {
-    return m_node->categorizedSorting();
+    return m_node->groupedSorting();
 }
 
-bool ViewProperties::showHiddenFiles() const
+bool ViewProperties::hiddenFilesShown() const
 {
-    return m_node->showHiddenFiles();
+    return m_node->hiddenFilesShown();
 }
 
-void ViewProperties::setSorting(DolphinView::Sorting sorting)
+void ViewProperties::setSortRole(const QByteArray &role)
 {
-    if (m_node->sorting() != sorting) {
-        m_node->setSorting(sorting);
+    if (m_node->sortRole() != role) {
+        m_node->setSortRole(role);
         update();
     }
 }
 
-DolphinView::Sorting ViewProperties::sorting() const
+QByteArray ViewProperties::sortRole() const
 {
-    return static_cast<DolphinView::Sorting>(m_node->sorting());
+    return m_node->sortRole().toLatin1();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setSortOrder(Qt::SortOrder sortOrder)
@@ -199,82 +343,142 @@ bool ViewProperties::sortFoldersFirst() const
     return m_node->sortFoldersFirst();
 }
 
-void ViewProperties::setAdditionalInfo(const KFileItemDelegate::InformationList& list)
+void ViewProperties::setSortHiddenLast(bool hiddenLast)
 {
-    // See ViewProperties::additionalInfoV2() for the storage format
+    if (m_node->sortHiddenLast() != hiddenLast) {
+        m_node->setSortHiddenLast(hiddenLast);
+        update();
+    }
+}
+
+bool ViewProperties::sortHiddenLast() const
+{
+    return m_node->sortHiddenLast();
+}
+
+void ViewProperties::setDynamicViewPassed(bool dynamicViewPassed)
+{
+    if (m_node->dynamicViewPassed() != dynamicViewPassed) {
+        m_node->setDynamicViewPassed(dynamicViewPassed);
+        update();
+    }
+}
+
+bool ViewProperties::dynamicViewPassed() const
+{
+    return m_node->dynamicViewPassed();
+}
+
+void ViewProperties::setVisibleRoles(const QList<QByteArray> &roles)
+{
+    if (roles == visibleRoles()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // See ViewProperties::visibleRoles() for the storage format
     // of the additional information.
 
     // Remove the old values stored for the current view-mode
-    const QStringList oldInfoStringList = m_node->additionalInfoV2();
+    const QStringList oldVisibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
     const QString prefix = viewModePrefix();
-    QStringList newInfoStringList = oldInfoStringList;
-    for (int i = newInfoStringList.count() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-        if (newInfoStringList.at(i).startsWith(prefix)) {
-            newInfoStringList.removeAt(i);
+    QStringList newVisibleRoles = oldVisibleRoles;
+    for (int i = newVisibleRoles.count() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+        if (newVisibleRoles[i].startsWith(prefix)) {
+            newVisibleRoles.removeAt(i);
         }
     }
 
     // Add the updated values for the current view-mode
-    AdditionalInfoAccessor& infoAccessor = AdditionalInfoAccessor::instance();
-    foreach (KFileItemDelegate::Information info, list) {
-        newInfoStringList.append(prefix + infoAccessor.value(info));
+    newVisibleRoles.reserve(roles.count());
+    for (const QByteArray &role : roles) {
+        newVisibleRoles.append(prefix + role);
     }
 
-    // Only update the information if it has been changed
-    bool changed = oldInfoStringList.count() != newInfoStringList.count();
-    if (!changed) {
-        foreach (const QString& oldInfoString, oldInfoStringList) {
-            if (!newInfoStringList.contains(oldInfoString)) {
-                changed = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (changed) {
-        if (m_node->version() < 2) {
-            m_node->setVersion(2);
-        }
-
-        const bool markCustomizedDetails = (m_node->viewMode() == DolphinView::DetailsView)
-                                           && !newInfoStringList.contains(CustomizedDetailsString);
+    if (oldVisibleRoles != newVisibleRoles) {
+        const bool markCustomizedDetails = (m_node->viewMode() == DolphinView::DetailsView) && !newVisibleRoles.contains(CustomizedDetailsString);
         if (markCustomizedDetails) {
             // The additional information of the details-view has been modified. Set a marker,
-            // so that it is allowed to also show no additional information
-            // (see fallback in ViewProperties::additionalInfoV2, if no additional information is
-            // available).
-            newInfoStringList.append(CustomizedDetailsString);
+            // so that it is allowed to also show no additional information without doing the
+            // fallback to show the size and date per default.
+            newVisibleRoles.append(CustomizedDetailsString);
         }
 
-        m_node->setAdditionalInfoV2(newInfoStringList);
+        m_node->setVisibleRoles(newVisibleRoles);
         update();
     }
 }
 
-KFileItemDelegate::InformationList ViewProperties::additionalInfo() const
+QList<QByteArray> ViewProperties::visibleRoles() const
 {
-    KFileItemDelegate::InformationList usedInfo;
+    // The shown additional information is stored for each view-mode separately as
+    // string with the view-mode as prefix. Example:
+    //
+    // AdditionalInfo=Details_size,Details_date,Details_owner,Icons_size
+    //
+    // To get the representation as QList<QByteArray>, the current
+    // view-mode must be checked and the values of this mode added to the list.
+    //
+    // For the details-view a special case must be respected: Per default the size
+    // and date should be shown without creating a .directory file. Only if
+    // the user explicitly has modified the properties of the details view (marked
+    // by "CustomizedDetails"), also a details-view with no additional information
+    // is accepted.
 
-    switch (m_node->version()) {
-    case 1: usedInfo = additionalInfoV1(); break;
-    case 2: usedInfo = additionalInfoV2(); break;
-    default: kWarning() << "Unknown version of the view properties";
+    QList<QByteArray> roles{"text"};
+
+    // Iterate through all stored keys and append all roles that match to
+    // the current view mode.
+    const QString prefix = viewModePrefix();
+    const int prefixLength = prefix.length();
+
+    const QStringList visibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
+    for (const QString &visibleRole : visibleRoles) {
+        if (visibleRole.startsWith(prefix)) {
+            const QByteArray role = visibleRole.right(visibleRole.length() - prefixLength).toLatin1();
+            if (role != "text") {
+                roles.append(role);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    return usedInfo;
+    // For the details view the size and date should be shown per default
+    // until the additional information has been explicitly changed by the user
+    const bool useDefaultValues = roles.count() == 1 // "text"
+        && (m_node->viewMode() == DolphinView::DetailsView) && !visibleRoles.contains(CustomizedDetailsString);
+    if (useDefaultValues) {
+        roles.append("size");
+        roles.append("modificationtime");
+    }
+
+    return roles;
 }
 
+void ViewProperties::setHeaderColumnWidths(const QList<int> &widths)
+{
+    if (m_node->headerColumnWidths() != widths) {
+        m_node->setHeaderColumnWidths(widths);
+        update();
+    }
+}
 
-void ViewProperties::setDirProperties(const ViewProperties& props)
+QList<int> ViewProperties::headerColumnWidths() const
+{
+    return m_node->headerColumnWidths();
+}
+
+void ViewProperties::setDirProperties(const ViewProperties &props)
 {
     setViewMode(props.viewMode());
-    setShowPreview(props.showPreview());
-    setShowHiddenFiles(props.showHiddenFiles());
-    setCategorizedSorting(props.categorizedSorting());
-    setSorting(props.sorting());
+    setPreviewsShown(props.previewsShown());
+    setHiddenFilesShown(props.hiddenFilesShown());
+    setGroupedSorting(props.groupedSorting());
+    setSortRole(props.sortRole());
     setSortOrder(props.sortOrder());
     setSortFoldersFirst(props.sortFoldersFirst());
-    setAdditionalInfo(props.additionalInfo());
+    setSortHiddenLast(props.sortHiddenLast());
+    setVisibleRoles(props.visibleRoles());
+    setHeaderColumnWidths(props.headerColumnWidths());
+    m_node->setVersion(props.m_node->version());
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setAutoSaveEnabled(bool autoSave)
@@ -291,153 +495,224 @@ void ViewProperties::update()
 {
     m_changedProps = true;
     m_node->setTimestamp(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
-
-    // If the view-properties are stored in an older format, take
-    // care to update them to the current format.
-    switch (m_node->version()) {
-    case 1: {
-        const KFileItemDelegate::InformationList infoList = additionalInfoV1();
-        m_node->setVersion(2);
-        setAdditionalInfo(infoList);
-        break;
-    }
-    case 2:
-        // Current version. Nothing needs to get converted.
-        break;
-    default:
-        kWarning() << "Unknown version of the view properties";
-    }
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::save()
 {
-    KStandardDirs::makeDir(m_filePath);
-    m_node->writeConfig();
-    m_changedProps = false;
-}
+    qCDebug(DolphinDebug) << "Saving view-properties to" << m_filePath;
+
+    auto cleanDotDirectoryFile = [this]() {
+        const QString settingsFile = m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName;
+        if (QFile::exists(settingsFile)) {
+            qCDebug(DolphinDebug) << "cleaning .directory" << settingsFile;
+            KConfig cfg(settingsFile, KConfig::OpenFlag::SimpleConfig);
+            const auto groupList = cfg.groupList();
+            for (const auto &group : groupList) {
+                if (group == QStringLiteral("Dolphin") || group == QStringLiteral("Settings")) {
+                    cfg.deleteGroup(group);
+                }
+            }
+            if (cfg.groupList().isEmpty()) {
+                QFile::remove(settingsFile);
+            } else if (cfg.isDirty()) {
+                cfg.sync();
+            }
+        }
+    };
 
-KUrl ViewProperties::mirroredDirectory()
-{
-    QString basePath = KGlobal::mainComponent().componentName();
-    basePath.append("/view_properties/");
-    return KUrl(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data", basePath));
+    // ensures the destination dir exists, in case we don't write metadata directly on the folder
+    QDir destinationDir(m_filePath);
+    if (!destinationDir.exists() && !destinationDir.mkpath(m_filePath)) {
+        qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Could not create fake directory to store metadata";
+    }
+
+    KFileMetaData::UserMetaData metaData(m_filePath);
+    if (metaData.isSupported()) {
+        const auto metaDataKey = QStringLiteral("kde.fm.viewproperties#1");
+
+        const auto items = m_node->items();
+        const auto defaultConfig = defaultProperties();
+        bool allDefault = true;
+        for (const auto item : items) {
+            if (item->name() == "Timestamp") {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (item->name() == "Version") {
+                if (m_node->version() != CurrentViewPropertiesVersion) {
+                    allDefault = false;
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            auto defaultItem = defaultConfig->findItem(item->name());
+            if (!defaultItem || defaultItem->property() != item->property()) {
+                allDefault = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (allDefault) {
+            if (metaData.hasAttribute(metaDataKey)) {
+                qCDebug(DolphinDebug) << "clearing extended attributes for " << m_filePath;
+                const auto result = metaData.setAttribute(metaDataKey, QString());
+                if (result != KFileMetaData::UserMetaData::NoError) {
+                    qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "could not clear extended attributes for " << m_filePath << "error:" << result;
+                }
+            }
+            cleanDotDirectoryFile();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // save config to disk
+        if (!m_node->save()) {
+            qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "could not save viewproperties" << m_node->config()->name();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        QFile configFile(m_node->config()->name());
+        if (!configFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+            qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Could not open readonly config file" << m_node->config()->name();
+        } else {
+            // load config from disk
+            const QString viewPropertiesString = configFile.readAll();
+
+            // save to xattr
+            const auto result = metaData.setAttribute(metaDataKey, viewPropertiesString);
+            if (result != KFileMetaData::UserMetaData::NoError) {
+                if (result == KFileMetaData::UserMetaData::NoSpace) {
+                    // copy settings to dotDirectory file as fallback
+                    if (!configFile.copy(m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName)) {
+                        qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "could not write viewproperties to .directory for dir " << m_filePath;
+                    }
+                    // free the space used by viewproperties from the file metadata
+                    metaData.setAttribute(metaDataKey, "");
+                } else {
+                    qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "could not save viewproperties to extended attributes for dir " << m_filePath << "error:" << result;
+                }
+                // keep .directory file
+                return;
+            }
+            cleanDotDirectoryFile();
+        }
+
+        m_changedProps = false;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QDir dir;
+    dir.mkpath(m_filePath);
+    m_node->setVersion(CurrentViewPropertiesVersion);
+    m_node->save();
+
+    m_changedProps = false;
 }
 
-QString ViewProperties::destinationDir(const QStringsubDir) const
+QString ViewProperties::destinationDir(const QString &subDir) const
 {
-    QString basePath = KGlobal::mainComponent().componentName();
-    basePath.append("/view_properties/").append(subDir);
-    return KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data", basePath);
+    QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);
+    path.append("/view_properties/").append(subDir);
+    return path;
 }
 
-KFileItemDelegate::InformationList ViewProperties::additionalInfoV1() const
+QString ViewProperties::viewModePrefix() const
 {
-    KFileItemDelegate::InformationList usedInfo;
-
-    int decodedInfo = m_node->additionalInfo();
+    QString prefix;
 
-    switch (viewMode()) {
-    case DolphinView::DetailsView:
-        decodedInfo = decodedInfo & 0xFF;
-        if (decodedInfo == 0) {
-            // A details view without any additional info makes no sense, hence
-            // provide at least a size-info and date-info as fallback
-            AdditionalInfoAccessor& infoAccessor = AdditionalInfoAccessor::instance();
-            decodedInfo = infoAccessor.bitValue(KFileItemDelegate::Size) |
-                          infoAccessor.bitValue(KFileItemDelegate::ModificationTime);
-        }
-        break;
+    switch (m_node->viewMode()) {
     case DolphinView::IconsView:
-        decodedInfo = (decodedInfo >> 8) & 0xFF;
+        prefix = QStringLiteral("Icons_");
         break;
-    case DolphinView::ColumnView:
-        decodedInfo = (decodedInfo >> 16) & 0xFF;
+    case DolphinView::CompactView:
+        prefix = QStringLiteral("Compact_");
         break;
-    default: break;
+    case DolphinView::DetailsView:
+        prefix = QStringLiteral("Details_");
+        break;
+    default:
+        qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Unknown view-mode of the view properties";
     }
 
-    AdditionalInfoAccessor& infoAccessor = AdditionalInfoAccessor::instance();
-    const KFileItemDelegate::InformationList infoKeys = infoAccessor.keys();
+    return prefix;
+}
 
-    foreach (const KFileItemDelegate::Information info, infoKeys) {
-        if (decodedInfo & infoAccessor.bitValue(info)) {
-            usedInfo.append(info);
+void ViewProperties::convertAdditionalInfo()
+{
+    QStringList visibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
+
+    const QStringList additionalInfo = m_node->additionalInfo();
+    if (!additionalInfo.isEmpty()) {
+        // Convert the obsolete values like Icons_Size, Details_Date, ...
+        // to Icons_size, Details_date, ... where the suffix just represents
+        // the internal role. One special-case must be handled: "LinkDestination"
+        // has been used for "destination".
+        visibleRoles.reserve(visibleRoles.count() + additionalInfo.count());
+        for (const QString &info : additionalInfo) {
+            QString visibleRole = info;
+            int index = visibleRole.indexOf('_');
+            if (index >= 0 && index + 1 < visibleRole.length()) {
+                ++index;
+                if (visibleRole[index] == QLatin1Char('L')) {
+                    visibleRole.replace(QLatin1String("LinkDestination"), QLatin1String("destination"));
+                } else {
+                    visibleRole[index] = visibleRole[index].toLower();
+                }
+            }
+            if (!visibleRoles.contains(visibleRole)) {
+                visibleRoles.append(visibleRole);
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    return usedInfo;
+    m_node->setAdditionalInfo(QStringList());
+    m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
+    m_node->setVersion(AdditionalInfoViewPropertiesVersion);
+    update();
 }
 
-KFileItemDelegate::InformationList ViewProperties::additionalInfoV2() const
+void ViewProperties::convertNameRoleToTextRole()
 {
-    // The shown additional information is stored for each view-mode separately as
-    // string with the view-mode as prefix. Example:
-    //
-    // AdditionalInfoV2=Details_Size,Details_Date,Details_Owner,Icon_Size
-    //
-    // To get the representation as KFileItemDelegate::InformationList, the current
-    // view-mode must be checked and the values of this mode added to the list.
-    //
-    // For the details-view a special case must be respected: Per default the size
-    // and date should be shown without creating a .directory file. Only if
-    // the user explictly has modified the properties of the details view (marked
-    // by "CustomizedDetails"), also a details-view with no additional information
-    // is accepted.
-
-    KFileItemDelegate::InformationList usedInfo;
-
-    // infoHash allows to get the mapped KFileItemDelegate::Information value
-    // for a stored string-value in a fast way
-    static QHash<QString, KFileItemDelegate::Information> infoHash;
-    if (infoHash.isEmpty()) {
-        AdditionalInfoAccessor& infoAccessor = AdditionalInfoAccessor::instance();
-        const KFileItemDelegate::InformationList keys = infoAccessor.keys();
-        foreach (const KFileItemDelegate::Information key, keys) {
-            infoHash.insert(infoAccessor.value(key), key);
+    QStringList visibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
+    for (int i = 0; i < visibleRoles.count(); ++i) {
+        if (visibleRoles[i].endsWith(QLatin1String("_name"))) {
+            const int leftLength = visibleRoles[i].length() - 5;
+            visibleRoles[i] = visibleRoles[i].left(leftLength) + "_text";
         }
     }
 
-    // Iterate through all stored keys stored as strings and map them to
-    // the corresponding KFileItemDelegate::Information values.
-    const QString prefix = viewModePrefix();
-    const int prefixLength = prefix.length();
-    const QStringList infoStringList = m_node->additionalInfoV2();
-    foreach (const QString& infoString, infoStringList) {
-        if (infoString.startsWith(prefix)) {
-            const QString key = infoString.right(infoString.length() - prefixLength);
-            Q_ASSERT(infoHash.contains(key));
-            usedInfo.append(infoHash.value(key));
-        }
+    QString sortRole = m_node->sortRole();
+    if (sortRole == QLatin1String("name")) {
+        sortRole = QStringLiteral("text");
     }
 
-    // For the details view the size and date should be shown per default
-    // until the additional information has been explicitly changed by the user
-    const bool useDefaultValues = usedInfo.isEmpty()
-                                  && (m_node->viewMode() == DolphinView::DetailsView)
-                                  && !infoStringList.contains(CustomizedDetailsString);
-    if (useDefaultValues) {
-        usedInfo.append(KFileItemDelegate::Size);
-        usedInfo.append(KFileItemDelegate::ModificationTime);
-    }
-
-    return usedInfo;
+    m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
+    m_node->setSortRole(sortRole);
+    m_node->setVersion(NameRolePropertiesVersion);
+    update();
 }
 
-QString ViewProperties::viewModePrefix() const
+void ViewProperties::convertDateRoleToModificationTimeRole()
 {
-    QString prefix;
+    QStringList visibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
+    for (int i = 0; i < visibleRoles.count(); ++i) {
+        if (visibleRoles[i].endsWith(QLatin1String("_date"))) {
+            const int leftLength = visibleRoles[i].length() - 5;
+            visibleRoles[i] = visibleRoles[i].left(leftLength) + "_modificationtime";
+        }
+    }
 
-    switch (m_node->viewMode()) {
-    case DolphinView::DetailsView: prefix = "Details_"; break;
-    case DolphinView::IconsView:   prefix = "Icons_"; break;
-    case DolphinView::ColumnView:  prefix = "Column_"; break;
-    default: kWarning() << "Unknown view-mode of the view properties";
+    QString sortRole = m_node->sortRole();
+    if (sortRole == QLatin1String("date")) {
+        sortRole = QStringLiteral("modificationtime");
     }
 
-    return prefix;
+    m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
+    m_node->setSortRole(sortRole);
+    m_node->setVersion(DateRolePropertiesVersion);
+    update();
 }
 
-bool ViewProperties::isPartOfHome(const QStringfilePath)
+bool ViewProperties::isPartOfHome(const QString &filePath)
 {
     // For performance reasons cache the path in a static QString
     // (see QDir::homePath() for more details)
@@ -449,3 +724,11 @@ bool ViewProperties::isPartOfHome(const QString& filePath)
 
     return filePath.startsWith(homePath);
 }
+
+QString ViewProperties::directoryHashForUrl(const QUrl &url)
+{
+    const QByteArray hashValue = QCryptographicHash::hash(url.toEncoded(), QCryptographicHash::Sha1);
+    QString hashString = hashValue.toBase64();
+    hashString.replace('/', '-');
+    return hashString;
+}