Nautilus - How do I set the default window size?

Question

I wish to slightly enlarge the default size of Nautilus windows. What I tried so far:

1. Change the window size manually hoping it is remembered. It is, but only until I reboot.
2. Change the org.gnome.nautilus.window-state.initial-size entry in dconf-editor. Same result.

Is there a way to set the default size or is it hard-coded somewhere?

Answer 1

I've found dconf-editor somewhat unreliable, at least since updating to 19.04. gsettings gets the job done from the command line:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.window-state initial-size '(X,Y)'

(Replace X and Y with your desired values.)

This change persists through reboot on my machine.