2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index 17268297c..babaf1486 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -2057,7 +2057,13 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::createSecondaryView(int tabIndex)
     const int newWidth = (viewTab.primaryView->width() - splitter->handleWidth()) / 2;
 
     const DolphinView* view = viewTab.primaryView->view();
-    viewTab.secondaryView = createViewContainer(view->url(), 0);
+    // The final parent of the new view container will be set by adding it
+    // to the splitter. However, we must make sure that the DolphinMainWindow
+    // is a parent of the view container already when it is constructed
+    // because this enables the container's KFileItemModel to assign its
+    // dir lister to the right main window. The dir lister can then cache
+    // authentication data.
+    viewTab.secondaryView = createViewContainer(view->url(), this);
     splitter->addWidget(viewTab.secondaryView);
     splitter->setSizes(QList<int>() << newWidth << newWidth);
 
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
index 752bc9365..61f512a8e 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QWidget>
 
 // #define KFILEITEMMODEL_DEBUG
 
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ KFileItemModel::KFileItemModel(QObject* parent) :
     m_dirLister = new KFileItemModelDirLister(this);
     m_dirLister->setAutoUpdate(true);
     m_dirLister->setDelayedMimeTypes(true);
-    m_dirLister->setMainWindow(qApp->activeWindow());
+
+    const QWidget* parentWidget = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(parent);
+    if (parentWidget) {
+        m_dirLister->setMainWindow(parentWidget->window());
+    }
 
     connect(m_dirLister, SIGNAL(started(KUrl)), this, SIGNAL(directoryLoadingStarted()));
     connect(m_dirLister, SIGNAL(canceled()), this, SLOT(slotCanceled()));