add a new data to track the most recently opened/saved files, and update recent files menu as the recent files change

daemon/core/gui/appconfig.py

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def check_directory():
         },
         "servers": [{"name": "example", "address": "127.0.0.1", "port": 50051}],
         "nodes": [],
+        "recentfiles": [],
         "observers": [{"name": "hello", "cmd": "echo hello"}],
     }
     save(config)

daemon/core/gui/menuaction.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from core.gui.dialogs.sessions import SessionsDialog
 from core.gui.dialogs.throughput import ThroughputDialog
 from core.gui.task import BackgroundTask
 
+MAX_FILES = 3
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from core.gui.app import Application
 
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class MenuAction:
             defaultextension=".xml",
         )
         if file_path:
+            self.add_recent_file_to_gui_config(file_path)
             self.app.core.save_xml(file_path)
 
     def file_open_xml(self, event: tk.Event = None):
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ class MenuAction:
 
     def open_xml_task(self, filename):
         if filename:
+            self.add_recent_file_to_gui_config(filename)
             self.app.core.xml_file = filename
             self.app.core.xml_dir = str(os.path.dirname(filename))
             self.prompt_save_running_session()
@@ -167,14 +171,15 @@ class MenuAction:
         num_files = len(recent_files)
         if num_files == 0:
             recent_files.insert(0, file_path)
-        elif 0 < num_files <= 3:
+        elif 0 < num_files <= MAX_FILES:
             if file_path in recent_files:
                 recent_files.remove(file_path)
                 recent_files.insert(0, file_path)
             else:
-                if num_files == 3:
+                if num_files == MAX_FILES:
                     recent_files.pop()
                 recent_files.insert(0, file_path)
         else:
             logging.error("unexpected number of recent files")
         self.app.save_config()
+        self.app.menubar.update_recent_files()

daemon/core/gui/menubar.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Menubar(tk.Menu):
         self.master.config(menu=self)
         self.app = app
         self.menuaction = action.MenuAction(app, master)
+        self.recent_menu = None
         self.draw()
 
     def draw(self):
@@ -58,9 +59,12 @@ class Menubar(tk.Menu):
         menu.add_command(label="Reload", underline=0, state=tk.DISABLED)
         self.app.bind_all("<Control-s>", self.save)
 
-        # some hard code values for testing
+        self.recent_menu = tk.Menu(menu)
-        recent = tk.Menu(menu)
+        for i in self.app.guiconfig["recentfiles"]:
-        menu.add_cascade(label="Recent files", menu=recent)
+            self.recent_menu.add_command(
+                label=i, command=partial(self.open_recent_files, i)
+            )
+        menu.add_cascade(label="Recent files", menu=self.recent_menu)
         menu.add_separator()
         menu.add_command(label="Export Python script...", state=tk.DISABLED)
         menu.add_command(label="Execute XML or Python script...", state=tk.DISABLED)
@@ -422,6 +426,13 @@ class Menubar(tk.Menu):
         else:
             logging.warning("File does not exist %s", filename)
 
+    def update_recent_files(self):
+        self.recent_menu.delete(0, tk.END)
+        for i in self.app.guiconfig["recentfiles"]:
+            self.recent_menu.add_command(
+                label=i, command=partial(self.open_recent_files, i)
+            )
+
     def save(self, event=None):
         xml_file = self.app.core.xml_file
         if xml_file: