Evince 3.32.0 in Ubuntu 19.04: Grid with recent files is shown when opening the viewer.
When already viewing a document, one must choose "New window" from the single menu to open that "Recent documents" grid (and be able to choose from there). I had long been unaware of that, because I either press Ctrl+O for Open…, or I look in the menu for "Recent documents". In my opinion, the "New window" approach is wrong for several reasons: 1. It is non-standard (new window in GEdit or Firefox is empty until you open a document in it; new documents are empty; opening an existing document is called "Open", not "New"). 2. It adds an extra step for such a frequent task as Open… (need to choose "New window", then locate the "Open…" button in that grid window, navigate to it and click it). 3. It has no keyboard shortcut linked with it. Although I can and do use Ctrl+O to go to directly to the Open… dialog, there is no shortcut for "New window", so I can't access recent files by keyboard. I suggest putting "Open…" and "Open recent" (with a submenu) back into the application's menu again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365296 Title: No 'recent' files shown until a file is opened (due to gmenumodel changes) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1365296/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
