#1858 Recent buffer switcher loses order when a buffer is closed

[AdamS]

• Open several buffers
• Open recent buffer switcher. Entries are correctly sorted by most-recently used.
• Press shortcut to close a buffer (delete key for me)
• Seen: Buffers revert to alphabetical order.
• Expected: Buffers stay in most-recently used order

[AdamS]

Here is a patch that fixes it for me. It's my first contribution to jEdit so sorry if I've not followed all the correct conventions.

[Dale Anson]

Just checking, what do you have set in Utilities - Global Options - View for "Sort Buffer Switcher" and "Sort BufferSwitcher by file name instead of path name"? I'm asking because I can't seem to reproduce this issue.

[AdamS]

Thanks. Both of those settings are ticked for me. Let me know if there is anything else that would help e.g. screenshots.

[AdamS]

Hi Dale,
Perhaps I can clarify how to reproduce.

• Create files a.txt, b.txt, c.txt, d.txt, e.txt.
• Open/switch to them so that e is most recent and a oldest.
• Open recent buffer switcher. Files are correctly with e at top and a at bottom.
• STILL WITHIN recent buffer switcher, use the cursor keys to move the highlighted file down to c.txt, and press delete, which closes buffer c.txt.
• Observed: switcher shows a, b, d, e in alphabetic order.
• Expected: e, d, b, a in recent order.

Thanks,
Adam