diff --git a/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.h b/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.h
--- a/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.h
+++ b/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.h
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@
     KTextEditor::View *textView() const;
 
     QString viewStatus() const override;
-    QString viewState() const override;
-    void setState(const QString& state) override;
+
+    void readSessionConfig(KConfigGroup & config) override;
+    void writeSessionConfig(KConfigGroup & config) override;
 
     void setInitialRange(const KTextEditor::Range& range);
     KTextEditor::Range initialRange() const;
diff --git a/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.cpp b/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.cpp
--- a/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.cpp
+++ b/kdevplatform/shell/textdocument.cpp
@@ -583,29 +583,6 @@
     return widget;
 }
 
-QString KDevelop::TextView::viewState() const
-{
-    if (d->view) {
-        if (d->view->selection()) {
-            KTextEditor::Range selection = d->view->selectionRange();
-            return QStringLiteral("Selection=%1,%2,%3,%4").arg(selection.start().line())
-                                                   .arg(selection.start().column())
-                                                   .arg(selection.end().line())
-                                                   .arg(selection.end().column());
-        } else {
-            KTextEditor::Cursor cursor = d->view->cursorPosition();
-            return QStringLiteral("Cursor=%1,%2").arg(cursor.line()).arg(cursor.column());
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        KTextEditor::Range selection = d->initialRange;
-        return QStringLiteral("Selection=%1,%2,%3,%4").arg(selection.start().line())
-                                                   .arg(selection.start().column())
-                                                   .arg(selection.end().line())
-                                                   .arg(selection.end().column());
-    }
-}
-
 void KDevelop::TextView::setInitialRange(const KTextEditor::Range& range)
 {
     if (d->view) {
@@ -620,16 +597,20 @@
     return d->initialRange;
 }
 
-void KDevelop::TextView::setState(const QString & state)
+void KDevelop::TextView::readSessionConfig(KConfigGroup& config)
 {
-    static QRegExp reCursor(QStringLiteral("Cursor=([\\d]+),([\\d]+)"));
-    static QRegExp reSelection(QStringLiteral("Selection=([\\d]+),([\\d]+),([\\d]+),([\\d]+)"));
-    if (reCursor.exactMatch(state)) {
-        setInitialRange(KTextEditor::Range(KTextEditor::Cursor(reCursor.cap(1).toInt(), reCursor.cap(2).toInt()), 0));
-    } else if (reSelection.exactMatch(state)) {
-        KTextEditor::Range range(reSelection.cap(1).toInt(), reSelection.cap(2).toInt(), reSelection.cap(3).toInt(), reSelection.cap(4).toInt());
-        setInitialRange(range);
+    if (!d->view) {
+        return;
+    }
+    d->view->readSessionConfig(config);
+}
+
+void KDevelop::TextView::writeSessionConfig(KConfigGroup& config)
+{
+    if (!d->view) {
+        return;
     }
+    d->view->writeSessionConfig(config);
 }
 
 QString KDevelop::TextDocument::documentType() const
diff --git a/kdevplatform/shell/workingsets/workingset.cpp b/kdevplatform/shell/workingsets/workingset.cpp
--- a/kdevplatform/shell/workingsets/workingset.cpp
+++ b/kdevplatform/shell/workingsets/workingset.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@
             setGroup.writeEntry(QStringLiteral("View %1").arg(index), docSpec);
             //The area specific config stores the working set documents in order along with their state
             areaGroup.writeEntry(QStringLiteral("View %1").arg(index), docSpec);
-            areaGroup.writeEntry(QStringLiteral("View %1 State").arg(index), view->viewState());
+            KConfigGroup viewGroup(&areaGroup, QStringLiteral("View %1 Config").arg(index));
+            view->writeSessionConfig(viewGroup);
             ++index;
         }
     }
@@ -339,9 +340,9 @@
         //Load state
         for (int i = 0; i < viewCount; ++i)
         {
-            QString state = areaGroup.readEntry(QStringLiteral("View %1 State").arg(i));
-            if (!state.isEmpty() && createdViews.contains(i))
-                createdViews[i]->setState(state);
+            KConfigGroup viewGroup(&areaGroup, QStringLiteral("View %1 Config").arg(i));
+            if (viewGroup.exists() && createdViews.contains(i))
+                createdViews[i]->readSessionConfig(viewGroup);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/kdevplatform/sublime/view.h b/kdevplatform/sublime/view.h
--- a/kdevplatform/sublime/view.h
+++ b/kdevplatform/sublime/view.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include "sublimeexport.h"
 
+class KConfigGroup;
+
 class QAction;
 
 namespace Sublime {
@@ -68,10 +70,22 @@
     /// Retrieve information to be placed in the status bar.
     virtual QString viewStatus() const;
 
-    /// Retrieve view state for saving into configuration.
-    virtual QString viewState() const;
-    /// Restore view state from configuration
-    virtual void setState(const QString& state);
+    /**
+     * Read session settings from the given \p config.
+     *
+     * The default implementation is a no-op
+     *
+     * @see KTextEditor::View::readSessionConfig()
+     */
+    virtual void readSessionConfig(KConfigGroup &config);
+    /**
+     * Write session settings to the \p config.
+     *
+     * The default implementation is a no-op
+     *
+     * @see KTextEditor::View::writeSessionConfig()
+     */
+    virtual void writeSessionConfig(KConfigGroup &config);
 
     void notifyPositionChanged(int newPositionInArea);
 
diff --git a/kdevplatform/sublime/view.cpp b/kdevplatform/sublime/view.cpp
--- a/kdevplatform/sublime/view.cpp
+++ b/kdevplatform/sublime/view.cpp
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@
     emit raise(this);
 }
 
-QString View::viewState() const
+void View::readSessionConfig(KConfigGroup& config)
 {
-    return QString();
+    Q_UNUSED(config);
 }
 
-void View::setState(const QString & state)
+void View::writeSessionConfig(KConfigGroup& config)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(state);
+    Q_UNUSED(config);
 }
 
 QList<QAction*> View::toolBarActions() const