From 14bd0f4598f1dfb4f4ac0db9f4bef106c45c484b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:55:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added the option to clear the recent projects menu entry

---
 nw/config.py       |  4 ++++
 nw/gui/mainmenu.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nw/config.py b/nw/config.py
index c7f4ab52..18f2bc8e 100644
--- a/nw/config.py
+++ b/nw/config.py
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ class Config:
         self.recentList.insert(0,recentPath)
         return
 
+    def clearRecent(self):
+        self.recentList = [""]*10
+        return
+
     def setConfPath(self, newPath):
         if newPath is None:
             return True
diff --git a/nw/gui/mainmenu.py b/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
index e2f5775d..7a42f6cf 100644
--- a/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
+++ b/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         return
 
     def updateRecentProjects(self):
+
         self.recentMenu.clear()
         for n in range(len(self.mainConf.recentList)):
             recentProject = self.mainConf.recentList[n]
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
             menuItem = QAction("%s" % recentProject, self.projMenu)
             menuItem.triggered.connect(lambda menuItem, n=n : self.openRecentProject(menuItem, n))
             self.recentMenu.addAction(menuItem)
+
+        self.recentMenu.addSeparator()
+        menuItem = QAction("Clear Recent Projects", self)
+        menuItem.setStatusTip("Clear the list of recent projects")
+        menuItem.triggered.connect(self._clearRecentProjects)
+        self.recentMenu.addAction(menuItem)
+
         return
 
     def updateSpellCheck(self):
@@ -150,6 +158,11 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl(nw.__docurl__))
         return True
 
+    def _clearRecentProjects(self):
+        self.mainConf.clearRecent()
+        self.updateRecentProjects()
+        return True
+
     ##
     #  Menu Builders
     ##