Update: Pages: Trash view should default to table layout try 2.

packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-dataviews/index.js

@@ -3,20 +3,55 @@
  */
 import { __experimentalItemGroup as ItemGroup } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { privateApis as routerPrivateApis } from '@wordpress/router';
+import { useRef, useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { usePrevious } from '@wordpress/compose';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { useDefaultViews } from './default-views';
 import { unlock } from '../../lock-unlock';
-const { useLocation } = unlock( routerPrivateApis );
 import DataViewItem from './dataview-item';
 import CustomDataViewsList from './custom-dataviews-list';
 
+const { useLocation, useHistory } = unlock( routerPrivateApis );
+
+/**
+ * Hook to switch to table layout when switching to the trash view.
+ * When going out of the trash view, it switches back to the previous layout if
+ * there was an automatic switch to table layout.
+ */
+function useSwitchToTableOnTrash() {
+	const {
+		params: { activeView, layout, ...restParams },
+	} = useLocation();
+	const history = useHistory();
+	const viewToSwitchOutOfTrash = useRef( undefined );
+	const previousActiveView = usePrevious( activeView );
+	useEffect( () => {
+		if ( activeView === 'trash' && previousActiveView !== 'trash' ) {
+			viewToSwitchOutOfTrash.current = layout || 'list';
+			history.push( { ...restParams, layout: 'table', activeView } );
+		} else if (
+			previousActiveView === 'trash' &&
+			activeView !== 'trash' &&
+			viewToSwitchOutOfTrash.current
+		) {
+			history.push( {
+				...restParams,
+				layout: viewToSwitchOutOfTrash.current,
+				activeView,
+			} );
+			viewToSwitchOutOfTrash.current = undefined;
+		}
+	}, [ previousActiveView, activeView, layout, history, restParams ] );
+}
+
 export default function DataViewsSidebarContent() {
 	const {
 		params: { postType, activeView = 'all', isCustom = 'false' },
 	} = useLocation();
+	useSwitchToTableOnTrash();
 	const DEFAULT_VIEWS = useDefaultViews( { postType } );
 	if ( ! postType ) {
 		return null;