Created attachment 118219 [details] Possible position of search bar After starting Libreoffice (main) the recently opened documents are listed in an overview. Depending on preferences the amount of files could be large. It would be very helpful if a search bar exists on the top of the preview area, to search for part of file names, which are in the list of the recently opened documents. It could be also helpful to implement the asterisk (*) as placeholder as it is used for file explorer search. Find attached a possible position for the search bar (2015-08-27_FeatReq_ROD_searchbar.png).
Thanks for the enhancement suggestion. But, the Recent Documents list is capped at 25 documents, and that is all the more that will reside as thumbnail views in the Start Center. The File -> Recent Document split button provides a quick selection by file name and extension Adding a Search capability to the GUI would add a lot of clutter for little actual need. Personally I'd prefer to see the effort go into implementing enhancement of bug 80934 -- START CENTER: A GUI means to filter the thumbnail view list of MRU recent documents by module
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) > Thanks for the enhancement suggestion. But, the Recent Documents list is > capped at 25 documents, and that is all the more that will reside as > thumbnail views in the Start Center. I was not aware of that. Thanks for that information. > Personally I'd prefer to see the effort go into implementing enhancement of > bug 80934 -- START CENTER: A GUI means to filter the thumbnail view list of > MRU recent documents by module That also sounds like a good idea but the user has to know the format of the desired document (writer/calc/..) in previous. So if i would like to open something like "finance", it could be a calc or a writer document. With the following facts i would agree to close this/my request: * The amount of entries is limited which is intended (i was not aware of that). * The operating system could provide that functionality (argument from your mentioned bug 80934, thats correct). * The implementing enhancement (bug 80934) suggests a fimilar way to find the desired document.
Closing per OP request via PM.