Add the ability to clear recent documents list

furgo16 commented 2 weeks ago

Is there an existing issue for this?

[X] I have searched the existing issues

Problem description

Sometimes the list of recent files can become cluttered, particularly if the number of files shown is set to be reasonably high. This is a feature request to provide the ability to clear that list. Potential use cases:

The user has finished working with a multiple files project, moves on to the next project and wants a clean slate.

An example implementation from a CAD package (QCAD): Clear recent

Full version info

OS: Ubuntu Core 22 (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.22.0dev.36999 (Git) Snap 1002
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: ed77603af999525b65dcfc4a41337f15a052c9ef
Python 3.10.12, Qt 5.15.10, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 7.1.1, OCC 7.7.1
Installed mods: 
  * OpenTheme 2024.4.20
  * BIM 2021.12.0
  * Curves 0.6.35
  * ezydxf
  * ExplodedAssembly
  * BillOfMaterials 0.0.8.2
  * Ondsel-Lens 2024.4.16.01
  * Assembly4 0.50.12

Subproject(s) affected?

Core

Anything else?

This issue is concerned with the first task of https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/12842. To keep things simple, it advocates for removing the entire history only. Arguably, only a small minority of users would require specific file removal from the history list, and it would add more complexity and maintenance effort to the code for only a small benefit.

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maxwxyz commented 2 weeks ago

please add the comments to https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/12842 this should be fixed together.

maxwxyz commented 2 weeks ago

Duplicate of https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/12842

furgo16 commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks, I don't mind either way. Alternatively, the two issues on #12842 could be written as a GitHub task list, with the first one pointing to this one.

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