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Bug 59262 - Misc Files, Pseudo Folders and Recent File list
Summary: Misc Files, Pseudo Folders and Recent File list
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks: 87390
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Reported: 2005-05-26 01:20 UTC by sviyer
Modified: 2012-09-22 23:58 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description sviyer 2005-05-26 01:20:48 UTC
Hi,

Someone has already requested a feature regarding "recent file list".
This is important and must be implemented as follows:
    
    - No of files kept in the history must be user configurable
    - A dialog box should open and users should be able to search from the
      recent file list.

This approach provides great productivity.

In addition to this the following:

Currently in NB you can setup any folder under the projects node by adding bits
of xml in the project.xml file.

What we need is the ability to create a Pseudo Folder(s) (that exist only in the
projects node tree in the ide) and collect any arbitrary files relevant to the
project under such folders.

Currently when a folder is mapped the entire file system tree under it is
available - same issue with the Favourites folder concept. Each time you want
a file you have to click down to 10's of dirs to get to your file.

For max productivity we need access to "fav files" and ability to organise those
files into pseudo folders specific to a Project and not necessarily across all
projects like the Fav panel currently does.

It is important that these folders be available under the Project Node/View 
because this is the view that is on top 90% of dev time.

Netbeans is beautiful

Please give this feature high prority from a productivity point of view.
Comment 1 Marian Mirilovic 2006-10-18 07:58:39 UTC
Recent Files feature has been implemented adn will be available in NB 6.0
Milestone 4 build. 
Comment 2 David Simonek 2006-10-18 11:55:08 UTC
Yes, Recent files has been implemented, currently in menu-form, which doesn't
allow real history searching. Adding dependency.
Comment 3 David Simonek 2008-10-20 16:32:30 UTC
No further plans to work on this for resource and priority reasons, perhaps community could step in and provide dialog
version with searching etc.