[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139800] New: Feature Request: Favorite Files pane needed in Side bar

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139800

            Bug ID: 139800
           Summary: Feature Request: Favorite Files pane needed in Side
                    bar
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.1.0.2 rc
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: dpquinton at zoho.com

Description:
After opening Writer, the next action I take 99% of the time is click on the
small arrow next to the Open files button to access the Recent files list.

This of course is a vital feature of itself, which must save everyone so much
time in getting back to files that need work.

But it has its limitations, those being:
1. the number of files that it can display - this means if we work on say, 50
files, we can't quickly access them all with this list
2. inability to remove entries that are not needed or irrelevant (file has
moved etc)
3. important files can get pushed off the list - e.g. files from last week
disappear from list due to files this week but work will continue on those
other files soon
4. files can be in any order or place on the list

What frustrates me most is that my top priority files disappear from the list
and I must then find them all over again in the Open file dialogue, which means
navigating folder hierarchies.

What I need is a Favorites Pane, over on the Side panel, where I can keep a
list of important files that I can access easily.

Ideas for this Favorites pane:
1. A toolbar at top with some buttons: the standard Open file button, Add
current to list, Add new to list, remove selected from list, Re-target moved
file
2. Double click to open a file, or Right-click menu with Open, Remove
3. Sorting options like A-Z or Z-A, date modified, size, owner etc
4. Set colour tags to files with an Apply tag button, and a Filter by tag
button, to group different files together
5. Folders that can be named, expandable, can drag a favourite into any


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a file, "A.odt"
2.Open 30 other files
3.Click on Recent files list


Actual Results:
The original file "A.odt" is not on the Recent files list, it has been pushed
off!

Expected Results:
I would like to be able to access the file "A.odt" at any time, from a fixed
list, without needing to remember in which folder it is kept and have to find
it over and over.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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