If I try to snapshot the attributes (well, actually only "show all files" VS "show only icons" cos it looks like this is the only snapshottable drawer attribute) within a directory whose drawer icon is an AmigaOS 3.x "glow icon", this attribute is NOT stored, and the drawer at its next opening keeps displaying what its original glow icon originally stated.
I take the occasion for a feature request: the fact drawers may be set to show "only icons" is, IMHO, a deprecate feature other than annoying. I would add an option to Ambient preferences whether to exclude this "legacy" behaviour (i.e to ignore the "show only icons" option and to always display all files, no matter what the drawer icon states)