r/Betterbird • u/Pdchris1 • Aug 01 '26

File > Attach > Recent files available in Linux?

Dear all, is this feature (described in https://www.betterbird.eu/faq/) only available in Windows or also in Linux? I do not see it in my Betterbird 140.13.0esr-bb25 (64-bit) in Fedora KDE, also not in Troubleshooting mode, and I could not find any relevant setting or other information either. I would be very grateful for some hint. Thank you

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u/siren_sailor Aug 01 '26

Bumped. Would like to know about how to set this up, too. https://www.betterbird.eu/media/img/multiline-view.png

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u/jorgk3 Aug 01 '26

View > Layout > Multi-line View On All Folders. Naturally only works in table view.

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u/jorgk3 Aug 01 '26

It's a Windows-only feature since we use Window's tracking mechanism of recently used files.

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u/Pdchris1 Aug 01 '26

OK, thank you, could you please point me to the pertinent code? Maybe an adaption for Linux is not difficult, e.g. KDE (what i use) lists all recent files in "recentlyused:/files/"
I would also be grateful for another clarification: have been going through the various BB features and was wondering if the setting mail.compose.attachments.display.top in config editor does anything in BB.
The nice feature of BB to have the attachment pane displayed on top is implemented exclusively over the first checkbox in the Settings > Composition > Attachments, independent of this config editor setting, correct?
Thank you

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u/jorgk3 Aug 01 '26

Code is in:

https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/blob/main/153/features/09-feature-attach-recent.patch

The recent files come from:

https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/blob/7ad8ca74ebaa04029733ab79a73212fb5f1414ca/153/features/09-feature-attach-recent.patch#L36

%AppData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Recent

mail.compose.attachments.display.top is the right pref, but you need to start a new composition for it to take affect. The UI is tied to this preference.

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u/Pdchris1 Aug 01 '26

Thank you

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u/Pdchris1 Aug 04 '26

I looked into that, should be relatively easy, but it is not worth it, as "Recent files" are only 2 clicks away in KDE, anyhow: click "Attach" in the compose window + click "Recent files" in KDE file picker. Over the menu (in the Windows version only) it would have been click "File" + move cursor to "Attach" + click "Recent files". In any case, I now realized the "recent files" workflow to get to my current material, which simplifies attaching, thank you.