[Bug 65032] File/Open recent menu issues

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https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65032

eR@SeR <na...@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from eR@SeR <na...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Felix Schumacher from comment #4)
> I think the number of 9 elements in the list is intentional, as they map to
> the keys 1 to 9 on the keyboard as shortcuts in the menu.
Hi,

OK that makes sense.

(In reply to Felix Schumacher from comment #5)
> @all, what do you think of auto-cleaning the recent files list. We could
> filter out those entries, that we can't read (while generating the menu
> entries)
> 
> That could be problematic, if users accessed files on network/removable
> drives, which would be removed if the path is not accessible at
> startup/loading/saving of files.
If auto-cleaning the recent files list might be problematic Pop up dialog could
be an alternative and ask the user whether he wants to remove the
non-accessible test or not.

Or when the user clicks on the test that is non-existing to show pop up:

(In reply to eR@SeR from comment #0)
> Created attachment 37651 [details]
> Open recent menu files
>
> Pop up "C:\Users\NA\Desktop\test1.jmx (The system cannot find the file
> specified). Would you like to remove the file from the recent list?" is
> shown, Yes/No buttons are offered.
Any solution that avoids the Registry entries manipulation is good one.

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