[Solved] Removing "Recently Used" and "Search" Entries from Open/Save

Each time I save or open a document, the dialog box defaults to "Recently Used". What I'm wanting to find out is how to get rid of the entry from the "Places" bar altogether. I understand that the entry was put there with good intentions, but it seems to always amount to an extra step. The best example is when I use "Save As". I will type the name of the file and since the dialog has automatically put me under "Recently Used", I have to then navigate to where I want to save or the "Please select a folder below" error will appear. Had the dialog defaulted to the home folder, this stumbling block could be eliminated.
I realize there is probably some fundamental knowledge I'm not aware of and don't know exactly what to search for. I'm using Openbox and have the core XFCE applications installed, but I don't know if this is a GTK issue, xdg, or what. All of my searches point to getting rid of ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel, but I'm not concerned with that and already have a transparent panel launcher that handles it.
I have found a post in this forum that addresses the same issue, but it has gone unresolved also:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129555
This user mentions a directory hack that is resolving the issue for now, barring any other solution, I'd like to know exactly what that is, as I can't seem to find the answer to that either.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Last edited by freud_zoid (2011-12-14 19:33:07)

perseus wrote:In the recent update to gtk2-2.24.14-1 the code in gtkfilechooserdefault.c has changed and the patch no longer works. Gusar, is it possible to provide a new patch please? I absolutely hate the default behaviour.
I haven't made many patches for things and you'll need to type in the file name when you apply it, but this will work for the current gtk2 package:
--- gtkfilechooserdefault.c.orig 2012-12-06 20:24:05.758831989 -0500
+++ gtkfilechooserdefault.c 2012-12-06 20:28:07.352183658 -0500
@@ -6061,7 +6061,7 @@
switch (impl->startup_mode)
case STARTUP_MODE_RECENT:
- recent_shortcut_handler (impl);
+ home_folder_handler (impl);
break;
case STARTUP_MODE_CWD:
Or if you'd rather, you can just edit gtkfilechooserdefault.c directly and replace 'recent_shortcut_handler' on line 6064 with 'home_folder_handler' and rebuild.
The patch above probably reveals my lack of expertise, but thanks goes again to Gusar for showing the way.

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