diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
@@ -515,6 +515,13 @@
      */
     QStringList supportedSchemes() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Saves any changes made to the view settings (dialog size, current view mode, etc)
+     * This is the public interface to KFileWidgetPrivate::writeViewConfig()
+     * @since 5.46
+     */
+    void writeViewConfig();
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
      * Called when clicking ok (when this widget is used in KFileDialog)
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -1942,6 +1942,11 @@
     }
 }
 
+void KFileWidget::writeViewConfig()
+{
+    d->writeViewConfig();
+}
+
 void KFileWidgetPrivate::writeViewConfig()
 {
     // these settings are global settings; ALL instances of the file dialog