1

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

vladimir pavloski
  • 151
  • 2
  • 13
  • 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

1 Answers1

0

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.

cipricus
  • 3,102
  • 1
  • 25
  • 70