Bug 199052

Summary:	[Quick Access] should offer a way to remove previous choices
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Markus Keller <markus.kell.r>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Boris Bokowski <bokowski>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	robert_kish
Version:	3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Markus Keller

2007-08-07 07:05:25 EDT

I20070807-0010

The Quick Access dialog should offer a way to remove previous choices.

I accidentally chose the Java Type Hierarchy perspective when I wanted to open the Hierarchy view, and now I always have an item in my previous choices that I'll never use again.

Comment 1 Boris Bokowski

2007-08-08 09:06:28 EDT

Unless you make enough other choices over time which will make the unwanted entry scroll off screen, and eventually, disappear completely.

Do you expect to see a stable list of a few choices in the Quick Access dialog?

Comment 2 Markus Keller

2007-08-08 14:26:44 EDT

> Do you expect to see a stable list of a few choices in the Quick Access dialog?

No, of course the list will change when I access other items. But the wrong choice hurts my eyes, and I'd like to remove and never see it again (like I can do it in the Open Type dialog;-).

Comment 3 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:31:18 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

Comment 4 Robert Kish

2023-02-16 10:21:21 EST

This issue has been bothering me for years. Some items would fall off over time, but some would stay forever. I finally got sick of it and devised an experiment. I found the data is stored in .metadata\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\dialog_settings.xml. I manually edited the file to remove the offending entries. When I restarted Eclipse, the quick access dialog was finally to my liking.

But a clear all button in the UI would be much appreciated!