Recent

The Recent tab is Explorer's "what was I just looking at?" view. Files are sorted by last access time, newest at the top.

What counts as "accessed"

Anything you actually open in Cockpit:

• Click a file in the Tree tab.
• Land on a file via Cmd+P (quick file open).
• Follow a Cmd+click jump-to-definition into a new file.
• Open a file from the commit-detail panel or diff viewer inside the Git History tab.

Files you only see in a directory listing don't count — they have to be opened.

More than just the path — cursor and scroll position too

Every time you scroll or move the cursor inside a file, Cockpit records that file's:

• current scroll line
• cursor line
• cursor column

into its entry in Recent. Click the file in Recent later and Cockpit restores the same scroll position and cursor location — no need to re-find your place.

Cap and eviction

Each project keeps the 15 most recent files. When you open the 16th, the oldest drops off the bottom. Recent is project-scoped — files from project A don't show up in project B's Recent.

The list persists on disk, so it survives Cockpit restarts.

What it doesn't do

Worth saying out loud:

• No "Clear recent" button. Recent is a rolling access log; once you hit 15, the old ones evict themselves.
• No per-entry delete.
• No "pin to top" / favourites. If you want a file always within reach, just keep its directory expanded in the Tree tab.

How it relates to the other tabs