1. On Windows OS, right-click shows recent folders.



On dolphin file manager in kde plasma, a right-click on it shows no
option like this.


2. There also no such other option anywhere apart from the taskbar to access recent documents. I could only find this feature request- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137797.

KDE Nepomuk produces a list of recently opened files. You can call it from the location bar in Dolphin by typing timeline:/
The result depends on the settings of Nepomuk and strigi
Also under ~/.local/share/RecentDocuments you can find a list of recently used files

Current KDE (KF5) History / Recent Documents

KDE Frameworks 5.28 & Plasma desktop 5.8.4 - KInfocenter: https://www.kde.org/applications/system/kinfocenter/

The recent document links are saved to the ~/.local/share/RecentDocuments as desktop files. Recent Documents can be launched from the Kickoff and from the location: ~/.local/share/RecentDocuments (click the desktop file).


Full image: http://imgur.com/luFd39a

An example desktop file:

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[Desktop Entry]
Icon=image-png
Name=Screenshot_20161213_205001.png
Type=Link
URL[$e]=file:$HOME/Templates/Screenshot_20161213_205001.png
X-KDE-LastOpenedWith=

The documents can be removed with the KIckoff laucher:




The Recent Documents can be added to the Dolphin places menu:

Both the above appraches only work for recent files not recent folders.

(Also , changed the title from before to clarify.)

abhigenie92 wrote:Both the above appraches only work for recent files not recent folders.

(Also , changed the title from before to clarify.)

Then, this is same or same kind of: KDE Brainstorm - [Dolphin] Visited folders history: viewtopic.php?f=83&t=130555

Dolphin panel "Recent" includes recent files and recent locations. Because for some reason the default entries must have got corrupted on my system and showed very old stuff (https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/691066/341192.) I have found that `timeline:/calendar/` and `timeline:/today/` in Dolphin show both files and folders recently accessed.

Adding them to "Places" in Dolphin adds them automatically under the "Recent" panel (therefore this shouldn't be hidden), which makes me think the `timeline` protocol is the one used by that panel anyway. The main difference between the default view and the one provided by `timeline:/` is that this does not separate files from folders.

You do realize that you are using Plasma 5, not Plasma 4, so your comment is about a completely different version. Please check the date of the posts you are replying to...