Bug 162654 - Calc Recent Files Menu
Summary: Calc Recent Files Menu
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.0.3 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 163214 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-08-27 20:48 UTC by scafutto20
Modified: 2024-09-30 17:25 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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How it should be (83.15 KB, image/jpeg)
2024-08-27 20:53 UTC, scafutto20
Details
How it is (wrong) (52.46 KB, image/jpeg)
2024-08-27 20:54 UTC, scafutto20
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Description scafutto20 2024-08-27 20:48:30 UTC
Description:
The Recent Files Menu in Calc is not working correctly. It works properly on the other apps, the problem seems to happen only on Calc.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open any file in Calc.
2.Click on the arrow besides the 'Open' button.
3.It only shows some files.

Actual Results:
It only shows the same 4 "recent files".

Expected Results:
It should show all the recent documents it supposed to show. Like it used to do, or like the other apps do.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-GB
Module: StartModule
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
Comment 1 scafutto20 2024-08-27 20:53:48 UTC
Created attachment 196051 [details]
How it should be
Comment 2 scafutto20 2024-08-27 20:54:09 UTC
Created attachment 196052 [details]
How it is (wrong)
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2024-08-27 22:05:01 UTC
Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
Comment 4 scafutto20 2024-08-28 17:17:41 UTC
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #3)
> Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode

thanks but it didn't work
Comment 5 ady 2024-08-28 17:39:01 UTC
(In reply to scafutto20 from comment #0)

> Actual Results:
> It only shows the same 4 "recent files".

I'd like to ask you to perform a small test.

1. Close all documents and all LO windows.

2. Create some minimal new ODS file in Calc (the content does not matter, at all) and save it with a _new_ name.

2. Close the file (but not LO/Calc). You should now see the Start Center only, as all other LO windows were/are closed.

3. Open Calc again; a new empty unsaved "Untitled 1" spreadsheet should be seen on screen.

4. In Calc, go to menu File > Recent Documents.

In the list of recent documents, do you see the newly-created file name that you saved in step 2?
Comment 6 m_a_riosv 2024-08-29 01:28:41 UTC
I can not reproduce the issue
Version: 24.8.1.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ef51c4a0cd35185debf25ad9d0db6a1c14bed5a0
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 7 scafutto20 2024-08-29 02:28:48 UTC
(In reply to ady from comment #5)
> (In reply to scafutto20 from comment #0)
> 
> > Actual Results:
> > It only shows the same 4 "recent files".
> 
> I'd like to ask you to perform a small test.
> 
> 1. Close all documents and all LO windows.
> 
> 2. Create some minimal new ODS file in Calc (the content does not matter, at
> all) and save it with a _new_ name.
> 
> 2. Close the file (but not LO/Calc). You should now see the Start Center
> only, as all other LO windows were/are closed.
> 
> 3. Open Calc again; a new empty unsaved "Untitled 1" spreadsheet should be
> seen on screen.
> 
> 4. In Calc, go to menu File > Recent Documents.
> 
> In the list of recent documents, do you see the newly-created file name that
> you saved in step 2?

Yes, now I know what's happening. While in Calc I can only see Calc files in Recent Docs, when I'm in Words I can only see Words Docs in Recent Files. It wasn't like this before - I could see Recent Files for all modules. Is there a way to revert back?
Comment 8 ady 2024-08-29 03:15:15 UTC
Please carefully read <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.6#GUI>.

The advance expert setting "ShowCurrentModuleOnly" should allow to configure whether the list is limited to the current module only, or to all modules.

For further questions (and also for any future question), please always search and eventually post your question at <https://ask.libreoffice.org>, leaving this site for actual bug reports.
Comment 9 Rafael Lima 2024-09-30 11:29:15 UTC
*** Bug 163214 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 ady 2024-09-30 17:25:57 UTC
In the future LO 25.2, the "Recent Documents" list adds a new checkbox, "Current Module Only".

The effect should be equivalent to the expert setting "ShowCurrentModuleOnly" mentioned before.

<https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2#User_Interface>