The "Recently Used" entry in the file open/save dialog

The file selection dialog (eg: save/open/etc) on gtk applications has a "Recently Used" option:
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This has generally not shown any options for me (for some reason, firefox suddenly showed a single entry this time).
I find no use for it either, so rather than having it list recent entries I'd like this option gone (or at least stop being the default!), and the last-used (or maybe just my home) being shown by default.
Any hints on how to disable this? What about the "Search" option just above it (equally non-working, and equally undesired by myself).
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Last edited by ewaller (2015-04-14 04:23:22)

hoschi wrote:Your mostly empty "recent" location is probably caused by two circumstances. Firefox is still using GTK2 (and it seperate caches?) and your not using GNOME (as it looks like).
No, I'm not using gnome. And this was actually the first time I saw this dialog non-empty. However, it's not related to gtk2 or gtk3: I see the same behaviour on gtk3 apps.
I all honesty though, I don't care about recently used being populated because I anticipate having the same results you've just described.
thisoldman wrote:
At work, I find the recently used locations useful. At home, they are not.
Firefox Menu:
⁣ Edit >> Preferences >> General >> Downloads >> [radio buttons]
Thanks, I'm aware of this, but this merely covers the firefox download option (firefox seems to actually remember the last used), not all gtk apps in general.

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