From 28689bbd16de8ec10d816977bfe53a1026155bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Berezowski <6616212+rberezowski@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:06:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid overwriting item display mode fallback

---
 MainWindow.xaml.cs | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index e6bc740..9e6c837 100644
--- a/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -300,9 +300,10 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             : ArgumentsBox.Text.Trim();
         EnsureAutomaticIconPath();
         selectedItem.IconPath = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(IconPathBox.Text) ? null : IconPathBox.Text.Trim();
-        selectedItem.DisplayMode = ItemDisplayModeBox.SelectedItem is LauncherDisplayMode itemMode
-            ? itemMode
-            : controller?.Config.DisplayMode ?? LauncherDisplayMode.LargeIconWithText;
+        if (ItemDisplayModeBox.SelectedItem is LauncherDisplayMode itemMode)
+        {
+            selectedItem.DisplayMode = itemMode;
+        }
 
         if (selectedItem.Type != LauncherItemType.Menu)
         {
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             : HotkeyService.Normalize(HotkeyBox.Text.Trim());
         controller.Config.DisplayMode = DisplayModeBox.SelectedItem is LauncherDisplayMode mode
             ? mode
-            : LauncherDisplayMode.LargeIconWithText;
+            : LauncherDisplayMode.CompactList;
         ApplyCurrentItem();
     }
 
@@ -1083,7 +1084,9 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
             Target = TargetBox.Text.Trim(),
             Arguments = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ArgumentsBox.Text) ? null : ArgumentsBox.Text.Trim(),
             IconPath = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(IconPathBox.Text) ? null : IconPathBox.Text.Trim(),
-            DisplayMode = ItemDisplayModeBox.SelectedItem is LauncherDisplayMode mode ? mode : LauncherDisplayMode.CompactList
+            DisplayMode = ItemDisplayModeBox.SelectedItem is LauncherDisplayMode mode
+                ? mode
+                : selectedItem.DisplayMode
         };
     }