[Upstream] Show recent documents as open button dropdown menu

[Andrew Kerr]

It would be useful to be able to access recent documents through a dropdown menu on the Open Document toolbar button, like new document types are available from the New Document button.

Gedit has this feature and it is quicker than the awkward 'S' you have to traverse with the cursor when selecting File > Recent Documents > 4. Example.odt. The Load Url combo box is too bulky.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

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There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

No reference URL.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Forwarded from downstream Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/400008

It would be useful to be able to access recent documents through a dropdown menu on the Open Document toolbar button, like new document types are available from the New Document button.

This way people could more easily access their recently used documents from the main interface.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Added upstream bug tracker.

[Reisi007 (reisi007)]

This would be a great idea.
thanks for sharing!

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Andrew Kerr, this is:
- a clearcut upstream issue.
Resolving as Won't Fix in libreoffice (Ubuntu) and LibreOffice Packaging. This does not mean the issue will not be cared about, but if it is cared about (even by Ubuntu/Canonical contributors), it is done upstream at LibreOffice.

[Samuel Mehrbrodt (sam92)]

Whoever implements this, gets a bounty: http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/157/recently-used-documents-as-a-dropdown-menu-on-open

Whoever wants this to be implemented, consider increasing that bounty.

[Joren-libreoffice (joren-libreoffice)]

*** Bug 53052 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Gabriel Diosan (gabsd84)]

I have thrown some money at the bounty too. Looks like a good idea. Would be good if the recent documents menu only show documents specific for each component? For example, recent Writer documents only when accessing the Open Document from within Writer and Calc documents only when accessing the Open Document from within Calc? Just a thought.

[Samuel Mehrbrodt (sam92)]

Gabriel, you have Bug 56696 :)

[Samuel Mehrbrodt (sam92)]

This has been fixed by Jan Holesovsky: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=f60424b29622033ae02491bda328c304ae1bc05d

Please claim your bounty: http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/157/recently-used-documents-as-a-dropdown-menu-on-open