Access files that you have previously opened in gedit. Jim Campbell jcampbell@gnome.org Reopen a recently-used file

gedit provides easy access to your ten most recently-used files, that have been previously opened in gedit. Here is how you can open a recently-used file:

Click the arrow button next to the Open button in the header bar.

gedit will display a menu with the ten most recently-used files.

Select the desired file, and it will open in a new tab.

When hovering with the mouse over a recently-used file from the menu, the full path to the file is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the gedit window.