"Reset to Default" do not clears recently opened items' list

[rat-moonshine]

@piotrzarzycki21 reported in #1230 (comment) that Settings -> General -> Reset to Default do not clears recently opened files/projects list.

While I don't remember if we did that intentionally, but I can't think of an argument on that either, now. Let's clear the list unless we think on any repercussion against this.

[rat-moonshine]

Do we also wants to reset workspace information during a Reset to Default ? If we do, and if user is currently staying on a non-default workspace, it'll immediately deleted and user will be landed to default one by closing any earlier project(s). I'm not sure if such behavior temporary surprise the user.

[rat-moonshine]

Reset to Default now should clear recently opened files/project list (> Build 1449 (Windows)).

[piotrzarzycki21]

Do we also wants to reset workspace information during a Reset to Default ? If we do, and if user is currently staying on a non-default workspace, it'll immediately deleted and user will be landed to default one by closing any earlier project(s). I'm not sure if such behavior temporary surprise the user.

I would leave workspace intact.

[JoelProminic]

I agree that I would prefer to not see workspaces reset here, since it would be a pain to recreate them. We do have other options to remove workspaces if needed, and it is pretty efficient at deleting multiple workspaces.

That said, I'm thinking about what a user would expect from the current text. We may want to add some text clarifying what is and is not included:

I'm also thinking about the practical cases where we would want to use this feature:

• Reset to default options - perhaps after more defaults are added/changed after a Moonshine update
• Clear the settings if they end up in a bad state because of a bug
• Clear the workspaces if they get corrupted because of a bug. In this case, we might not be able to clean them up with the Workspace management interface

We could consider giving checkbox options for what to delete, with explanations for each entry. This would give more control, but it would be more complicated to implement and test. If we are interested in this, I'd need a summary of the different files we could clear separately.

[JoelProminic]

Another use case would be to clear other stored data, though this might be beyond the scope of the current issue. For example, here are the different files that I see in thee Application Support directory:

~ % cd /Users/-user-/Library/Application\ Support/com.moonshine-ide.development
com.moonshine-ide.development % du -h -d 2 .
  0B	./#airversion
 48K	./Local Store/settings
392K	./Local Store/#SharedObjects
4.0K	./Local Store/rgloader
4.0K	./Local Store/vagrant
 16K	./Local Store/projects
 10G	./Local Store/java
164K	./Local Store/elements
8.0K	./Local Store/templates
 12K	./Local Store/data
  0B	./Local Store/tmp
348K	./Local Store/gems
4.0K	./Local Store/spawn
784K	./Local Store/dominoUpdateSiteGeneration
456M	./Local Store/boxes
 11G	./Local Store
 11G	.

After a reset, the only changes are in settings, #SharedObjects, and elements

com.moonshine-ide.development % du -h -d 2 .
  0B	./#airversion
 24K	./Local Store/settings
224K	./Local Store/#SharedObjects
4.0K	./Local Store/rgloader
4.0K	./Local Store/vagrant
 16K	./Local Store/projects
 10G	./Local Store/java
  0B	./Local Store/elements
8.0K	./Local Store/templates
 12K	./Local Store/data
  0B	./Local Store/tmp
348K	./Local Store/gems
4.0K	./Local Store/spawn
784K	./Local Store/dominoUpdateSiteGeneration
456M	./Local Store/boxes
 11G	./Local Store
 11G	.

[rat-moonshine]

As far I can remember this, reset mostly affects its SharedObject files, and the settings\*.xml files which usually stores plugin specific settings. I surprise to see that elements also updated - maybe, somewhere something being changes I don't remember now.

[rat-moonshine]

@piotrzarzycki21 @JoelProminic let's close this if the original requirement is fulfilled.

[JoelProminic]

I had some open questions on this issue: #1232 (comment)

I moved them to #1236.