How to make list of frequently used files?
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Notepad++ v8.4.6 (64-bit)
Build time : Sep 25 2022 - 19:51:39
Path : C:\Apps\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : “H:\pandocbooks\00ebookwip\libnews\liblog.md”
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 (64-bit)
OS Version : 21H2
OS Build : 22000.1574
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
AutoSave (1.6.1)
mimeTools (2.8)
NppConverter (4.4)
NppExport (0.4)
NppSnippets (1.7)How can I make a list of frequently used files? Some text editors have a panel of links to frequently used files. The NPP Document List only lists currently open files. Is there a plugin for this?
The files could be on any drive, I have several local drives and several USB flash drives that are plugged into my computer.
Thank you!
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The Explorer plugin provides an interface for easily linking to your “favorites”
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You can also create a “project” definition within Notepad++ which allows grouping together files that are not necessarily otherwise related. They (the filenames of files in the project) appear in a panel alongside Notepad++'s main editing area, and the files can be opened easily from there.
The advantage of this over the Explorer plugin approach is that no plugin is needed.
If you are thinking of going this way, and need more detail on the particulars, just let us know…
At least one person in the past has had success with this, see HERE.
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@Alan-Kilborn Super! The project files work. And the list of project files loads each time I start NPP as well, which is what I wanted.
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@Alan-Kilborn Can I move the Project Panel to the right side of the editor? I poked around in Settings, and looked on several more normal menus and right click menus and didn’t see a way to do this.
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Can I move the Project Panel to the right side of the editor?
See where it says Project Panel 1 on a tab?
- Click and drag that and move over to the opposite (right) side of the editing area.
- Drag THROUGH the right side of the window (go “far” beyond).
- A ghost rectangle should appear in a docking position on the right side of the N++ main window – let go of the mouse at this point.
Alternate method, potentially easier to describe:
- Turn on Function List on the View menu.
- Function List opens and defaults to right-side of the editing area.
- Click and drag the Project Panel 1 tab and drop it right where it says Function List.
- Return to the View menu and uncheck Function List.
I don’t know…this is rather hard to describe; easy to do though. :-)
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@Alan-Kilborn said in How to make list of frequently used files?:
this is rather hard to describe; easy to do though
@Chuck-Roberts , if you are more of a visual learner, here’s a screen-capture I did some time back, showing moving the Project Panel from the left to the top, then from the top to the right. (If you go directly from the left to the right, it’s a bit easier, actually, because you don’t have the remenants in the top getting in the way, so you’ve got more room where it will dock properly). The screen-capture software isn’t perfect at showing what’s going on as the Notepad++ window redraws, but it gives the basic idea:
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@Alan-Kilborn I got it. Thank you so much!
