diff --git a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
index eddc7225d..48ed65471 100644
--- a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
@@ -1,513 +1,520 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2006-2010 by Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>        *
  *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>                 *
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 #include "viewproperties.h"
 
 #include "dolphin_directoryviewpropertysettings.h"
 #include "dolphin_generalsettings.h"
 #include "dolphindebug.h"
 
 #include <QCryptographicHash>
 
+#include <KFileItem>
+
 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";
 }
 
 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 useDetailsViewWithPath = 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(QStringLiteral("global"));
     } else if (url.scheme().contains(QStringLiteral("search"))) {
         m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("search/")) + directoryHashForUrl(url);
         useDetailsViewWithPath = true;
     } else if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("trash")) {
         m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("trash"));
         useDetailsViewWithPath = true;
     } else if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("recentdocuments")) {
         m_filePath = destinationDir(QStringLiteral("recentdocuments"));
         useRecentDocumentsView = true;
     } else if (url.isLocalFile()) {
         m_filePath = url.toLocalFile();
 
         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(QStringLiteral("remote")) + m_filePath;
     }
 
     const QString file = m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName;
     m_node = new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(file));
 
     // If the .directory file does not exist or the timestamp is too old,
     // use default values instead.
     const bool useDefaultProps = (!useGlobalViewProps || useDetailsViewWithPath) &&
                                  (!QFile::exists(file) ||
                                   (m_node->timestamp() < settings->viewPropsTimestamp()));
     if (useDefaultProps) {
         if (useDetailsViewWithPath) {
             setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
             setVisibleRoles({"path"});
         } else if (useRecentDocumentsView || useDownloadsView) {
             setSortRole(QByteArrayLiteral("modificationtime"));
             setSortOrder(Qt::DescendingOrder);
 
             if (useRecentDocumentsView) {
                 setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
                 setVisibleRoles({QByteArrayLiteral("path")});
             } else if (useDownloadsView) {
                 setSortFoldersFirst(false);
                 setGroupedSorting(true);
             }
         } else {
             // The global view-properties act as default for directories without
             // any view-property configuration. Constructing a ViewProperties 
             // instance for an empty QUrl ensures that the global view-properties
             // are loaded.
             QUrl emptyUrl;
             ViewProperties defaultProps(emptyUrl);
             setDirProperties(defaultProps);
 
             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);
         }
 
         if (m_node->version() < NameRolePropertiesVersion) {
             convertNameRoleToTextRole();
             Q_ASSERT(m_node->version() == NameRolePropertiesVersion);
         }
 
         if (m_node->version() < DateRolePropertiesVersion) {
             convertDateRoleToModificationTimeRole();
             Q_ASSERT(m_node->version() == DateRolePropertiesVersion);
         }
 
         m_node->setVersion(CurrentViewPropertiesVersion);
     }
 }
 
 ViewProperties::~ViewProperties()
 {
     if (m_changedProps && m_autoSave) {
         save();
     }
 
     delete m_node;
     m_node = nullptr;
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setViewMode(DolphinView::Mode mode)
 {
     if (m_node->viewMode() != mode) {
         m_node->setViewMode(mode);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 DolphinView::Mode ViewProperties::viewMode() const
 {
     const int mode = qBound(0, m_node->viewMode(), 2);
     return static_cast<DolphinView::Mode>(mode);
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setPreviewsShown(bool show)
 {
     if (m_node->previewsShown() != show) {
         m_node->setPreviewsShown(show);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::previewsShown() const
 {
     return m_node->previewsShown();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setHiddenFilesShown(bool show)
 {
     if (m_node->hiddenFilesShown() != show) {
         m_node->setHiddenFilesShown(show);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setGroupedSorting(bool grouped)
 {
     if (m_node->groupedSorting() != grouped) {
         m_node->setGroupedSorting(grouped);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::groupedSorting() const
 {
     return m_node->groupedSorting();
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::hiddenFilesShown() const
 {
     return m_node->hiddenFilesShown();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setSortRole(const QByteArray& role)
 {
     if (m_node->sortRole() != role) {
         m_node->setSortRole(role);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 QByteArray ViewProperties::sortRole() const
 {
     return m_node->sortRole().toLatin1();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setSortOrder(Qt::SortOrder sortOrder)
 {
     if (m_node->sortOrder() != sortOrder) {
         m_node->setSortOrder(sortOrder);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 Qt::SortOrder ViewProperties::sortOrder() const
 {
     return static_cast<Qt::SortOrder>(m_node->sortOrder());
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setSortFoldersFirst(bool foldersFirst)
 {
     if (m_node->sortFoldersFirst() != foldersFirst) {
         m_node->setSortFoldersFirst(foldersFirst);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::sortFoldersFirst() const
 {
     return m_node->sortFoldersFirst();
 }
 
 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 oldVisibleRoles = m_node->visibleRoles();
     const QString prefix = viewModePrefix();
     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
     newVisibleRoles.reserve(roles.count());
     foreach (const QByteArray& role, roles) {
         newVisibleRoles.append(prefix + role);
     }
 
     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 without doing the
             // fallback to show the size and date per default.
             newVisibleRoles.append(CustomizedDetailsString);
         }
 
         m_node->setVisibleRoles(newVisibleRoles);
         update();
     }
 }
 
 QList<QByteArray> ViewProperties::visibleRoles() const
 {
     // 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.
 
     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();
     foreach (const QString& visibleRole, visibleRoles) {
         if (visibleRole.startsWith(prefix)) {
             const QByteArray role = visibleRole.right(visibleRole.length() - prefixLength).toLatin1();
             if (role != "text") {
                 roles.append(role);
             }
         }
     }
 
     // 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();
     }
 }
 
 QList<int> ViewProperties::headerColumnWidths() const
 {
     return m_node->headerColumnWidths();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setDirProperties(const ViewProperties& props)
 {
     setViewMode(props.viewMode());
     setPreviewsShown(props.previewsShown());
     setHiddenFilesShown(props.hiddenFilesShown());
     setGroupedSorting(props.groupedSorting());
     setSortRole(props.sortRole());
     setSortOrder(props.sortOrder());
     setSortFoldersFirst(props.sortFoldersFirst());
     setVisibleRoles(props.visibleRoles());
     setHeaderColumnWidths(props.headerColumnWidths());
     m_node->setVersion(props.m_node->version());
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::setAutoSaveEnabled(bool autoSave)
 {
     m_autoSave = autoSave;
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::isAutoSaveEnabled() const
 {
     return m_autoSave;
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::update()
 {
     m_changedProps = true;
     m_node->setTimestamp(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::save()
 {
     qCDebug(DolphinDebug) << "Saving view-properties to" << m_filePath;
     QDir dir;
     dir.mkpath(m_filePath);
     m_node->setVersion(CurrentViewPropertiesVersion);
     m_node->save();
     m_changedProps = false;
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::exist() const
 {
     const QString file = m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName;
     return QFile::exists(file);
 }
 
 QString ViewProperties::destinationDir(const QString& subDir) const
 {
     QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation);
     path.append("/view_properties/").append(subDir);
     return path;
 }
 
 QString ViewProperties::viewModePrefix() const
 {
     QString prefix;
 
     switch (m_node->viewMode()) {
     case DolphinView::IconsView:   prefix = QStringLiteral("Icons_"); break;
     case DolphinView::CompactView: prefix = QStringLiteral("Compact_"); break;
     case DolphinView::DetailsView: prefix = QStringLiteral("Details_"); break;
     default: qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Unknown view-mode of the view properties";
     }
 
     return prefix;
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::convertAdditionalInfo()
 {
     QStringList 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(additionalInfo.count());
         foreach (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();
                 }
             }
             visibleRoles.append(visibleRole);
         }
     }
 
     m_node->setAdditionalInfo(QStringList());
     m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
     m_node->setVersion(AdditionalInfoViewPropertiesVersion);
     update();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::convertNameRoleToTextRole()
 {
     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";
         }
     }
 
     QString sortRole = m_node->sortRole();
     if (sortRole == QLatin1String("name")) {
         sortRole = QStringLiteral("text");
     }
 
     m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
     m_node->setSortRole(sortRole);
     m_node->setVersion(NameRolePropertiesVersion);
     update();
 }
 
 void ViewProperties::convertDateRoleToModificationTimeRole()
 {
     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";
         }
     }
 
     QString sortRole = m_node->sortRole();
     if (sortRole == QLatin1String("date")) {
         sortRole = QStringLiteral("modificationtime");
     }
 
     m_node->setVisibleRoles(visibleRoles);
     m_node->setSortRole(sortRole);
     m_node->setVersion(DateRolePropertiesVersion);
     update();
 }
 
 bool ViewProperties::isPartOfHome(const QString& filePath)
 {
     // For performance reasons cache the path in a static QString
     // (see QDir::homePath() for more details)
     static QString homePath;
     if (homePath.isEmpty()) {
         homePath = QDir::homePath();
         Q_ASSERT(!homePath.isEmpty());
     }
 
     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;
 }