Sync Recent Files list between devices

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Use case or problem

Recent Files list does not sync between devices. This makes it a bit harder to work seamlessly between multiple devices and pick up on one where you left off on the other.

Proposed solution

Have the list of Recent Files be shared among all devices, instead of be unique to the device.

Current workaround (optional)

No possible workaround

Related feature requests (optional)

It has been discussed before in other forum threads:

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Just to clarify, which “recent files” list are we talking about?

What you see when you open the Quick Switcher, or the community Recent Files plugin?

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I think I get your problem, because I had the same. The solution I arrived to combines different things :

  • Keep the modified date and time inside a property — modified seems very appropriate.
  • Have this property automatically updated by a plugin ; after testing, I chose Front Matter Timestamps as the most reliable.

Now, you can use the “modified” property at will. Two possibilities :

  • Dataview table — I can give you an example if you wish.

  • The Recent Notes plugin — it works by looking for the “modified” property. It’s very customizable, it’s display is both elegant and useful.

    Olivier :smiley:

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Ah, thanks for this clarification. I mean the Recent Files plugin (which I’ve had installed for so long I had assumed it was a native feature).

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Thanks for sharing this workaround.

Seems a bit of a pity to go as far as adding the modified time into every files frontmatter if just for this purpose but I can see how there are multiple Dataview uses cases that I could unlock