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Bug 10529

Summary:	Usability: File->Open Recent shouldn't be sub-menu
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Peter Burka <peter_burka>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Kevin Haaland <Kevin_Haaland>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	usability
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows NT
Whiteboard:

Description Peter Burka

2002-02-28 16:45:32 EST

In the 20020215 stable build, the recent file list moved from the File menu 
proper to a sub menu of the File menu.

I use these menu items very frequently, and find that the extra navigation 
required to get to them slows down my navigation.

This also seems to be inconsistent with the standard Windows UI model.  Most 
apps place the file history directly on the File drop down.

If you believe that the list is too long for the file menu, why not place the 
first n (5 maybe?) on the main menu, and then have a 'More' submenu.

Comment 1 Kevin Haaland

2002-04-17 15:51:32 EDT

Having the recent files as a top level item in the menu has several problems:

   - It makes the menu significantly larger
   - Unless you truncate the file names the menu is much wider (and uglier)
       - Significant truncation doesn't work either because it 
         removes useful information. 
   - Mnumonics can help:
        Alt F, O , <1..n>