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In xfce4-whiskermenu the right pane has an item Recently Used, it is for apps/programs. I'd like to know if is possible to add an item to show Recently Opened Files to the right pane of xfce4-whiskermenu. OS: Xubuntu 16.04.6

thanks, vladi

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  • I am not sure if you can add the Recently Opened Files to the whisker menu. I don't see anything that comes with it by default to add that. It would probably have to be added by changing the source code. But, if you add the Places item to the panel, that by default has a Recent Documents at the bottom of it. – Terrance Dec 16 '19 at 18:41
  • @Terrance Ok, Places added and there is a option "Recents Documents", thanks ,this is a pit I can't add to whiskermenu. – vladimir pavloski Dec 16 '19 at 20:19

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As there isn't a "recent files" feature within the Whisker-menu, we have to look for workarounds:

  • Search actions can be added for files and folders by adding Catfish to "Search actions", which is a very useful but not very well known feature of Whisker menu, details here.

  • Use Synapse launcher to open files, especially recent ones. Just opening Synapse and clicking DOWN-ARROW shows recently opened files (those that have been already accessed through the file manager). For more details look at this and this.

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