From: Sebastian Keller <skeller@gnome.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:15:43 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: appDisplay: Only create default folders on the first start
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appDisplay: Only create default folders on the first start

If all folders were removed, after a session restart the default folders
would have been recreated again, effectively preventing users from
using the app grid without folders.

Avoid this problem by only creating the default folders if the
folder-children setting has never been modified before.

Related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8713
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/4047>
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diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index 490e8d04e..5a2963486 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ class AppDisplay extends BaseAppView {
     }
 
     _ensureDefaultFolders() {
-        if (this._folderSettings.get_strv('folder-children').length > 0)
+        if (this._folderSettings.get_user_value('folder-children') !== null)
             return;
 
         const appSys = Shell.AppSystem.get_default();