diff --git a/libgui/default-qt-settings.in b/libgui/default-qt-settings.in
--- a/libgui/default-qt-settings.in
+++ b/libgui/default-qt-settings.in
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ windowState="@ByteArray(\0\0\0\xff\0\0\0
 [DockWidgets]
 TerminalDockWidgetFloating=false
 TerminalDockWidgetVisible=true
address@hidden(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1+\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1+\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0)
-WorkspaceViewFloating=false
-WorkspaceViewVisible=true
address@hidden(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1+\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1+\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0)
+WorkspaceBrowserFloating=false
+WorkspaceBrowserVisible=true
 address@hidden(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\a\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\xba\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\a\0\0\x1\x63\0\0\x2\xba\0\0\0\0\0\0)
 HistoryDockWidgetFloating=false
 HistoryDockWidgetVisible=true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ NewsDockWidgetFloating=false
 NewsDockWidgetVisible=true
 address@hidden(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\x1j\0\0\0 \0\0\x4\x3\0\0\x2\x9e\0\0\x1j\0\0\0 \0\0\x4\x3\0\0\x2\x9e\0\0\0\0\0\0)
 
-[workspaceview]
+[workspacebrowser]
 local_collapsed=false
 global_collapsed=false
 persistent_collapsed=false
diff --git a/libgui/src/workspace-view.cc b/libgui/src/workspace-view.cc
--- a/libgui/src/workspace-view.cc
+++ b/libgui/src/workspace-view.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ along with Octave; see the file COPYING.
 workspace_view::workspace_view (QWidget *p)
   : octave_dock_widget (p), m_view (new QTableView (this))
 {
-  setObjectName ("WorkspaceView");
+  setObjectName ("WorkspaceBrowser");
   setWindowIcon (QIcon (":/actions/icons/logo.png"));
   set_title (tr ("Workspace"));
   setStatusTip (tr ("View the variables in the active workspace."));