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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, devel: true, browser: true, nomen: true, indent: 4, maxerr: 50 */
+/*global define, describe, it, expect, beforeFirst, afterLast, beforeEach, afterEach, runs, brackets, waitsFor, waitsForDone, spyOn */
+
+define(function (require, exports, module) {
+	"use strict";
+
+	var SpecRunnerUtils = brackets.getModule("spec/SpecRunnerUtils"),
+		FileUtils       = brackets.getModule("file/FileUtils"),
+		KeyEvent        = brackets.getModule("utils/KeyEvent"),
+		_               = brackets.getModule("thirdparty/lodash");
+
+	describe("Recent Projects", function () {
+		var extensionPath = FileUtils.getNativeModuleDirectoryPath(module),
+			testWindow,
+			$,
+			CommandManager,
+			PreferencesManager;
+
+		beforeFirst(function () {
+			runs(function () {
+				SpecRunnerUtils.createTestWindowAndRun(this, function (w) {
+					testWindow = w;
+					$ = testWindow.$;
+					CommandManager  = testWindow.brackets.test.CommandManager;
+					PreferencesManager = testWindow.brackets.test.PreferencesManager;
+				});
+			});
+		});
+		
+		afterLast(function () {
+			testWindow = null;
+			SpecRunnerUtils.closeTestWindow();
+		});
+
+		function openRecentProjectDropDown() {
+			var flag = false;
+			CommandManager.execute("recentProjects.toggle");
+			testWindow.setTimeout(function () {
+				flag = true;
+			}, 100);
+
+			waitsFor(function () { return flag; });
+		}
+
+		function setupRecentProjectsSpy(howManyProjects) {
+			spyOn(PreferencesManager, "getViewState").andCallFake(function (prefId) {
+				if (prefId === "recentProjects") {
+					// return howManyProjects recent projects
+					return _.map(_.range(1, howManyProjects + 1), function (num) { return extensionPath + "/Test-Project-" + num; });
+				} else {
+					return [];
+				}
+			});
+		}
+
+		describe("UI", function () {
+			it("should open the recent projects list with only the getting started project", function () {
+				runs(function () {
+					openRecentProjectDropDown();
+				});
+
+				runs(function () {
+					var $dropDown = $("#project-dropdown");
+					expect($("#project-dropdown").is(":visible")).toEqual(true);
+					expect($dropDown.children().length).toEqual(1);
+				});
+			});
+			
+			it("should open the recent project list and show 5 recent projects", function () {
+				setupRecentProjectsSpy(5);
+
+				runs(function () {
+					openRecentProjectDropDown();
+				});
+
+				runs(function () {
+					var $dropDown = $("#project-dropdown");
+					expect($dropDown.is(":visible")).toEqual(true);
+					expect($dropDown.find(".recent-folder-link").length).toEqual(5);
+				});
+			});
+
+			it("should delete one project from recent project list when delete key is pressed on", function () {
+				setupRecentProjectsSpy(5);
+
+				runs(function () {
+					openRecentProjectDropDown();
+				});
+
+				runs(function () {
+                    var $dropDown = $("#project-dropdown");
+                    SpecRunnerUtils.simulateKeyEvent(KeyEvent.DOM_VK_DOWN, "keydown", $dropDown[0]);
+                    SpecRunnerUtils.simulateKeyEvent(KeyEvent.DOM_VK_DELETE, "keydown", $dropDown[0]);
+				});
+
+				runs(function () {
+					var $dropDown = $("#project-dropdown");
+					expect($dropDown.is(":visible")).toEqual(true);
+					expect($dropDown.find(".recent-folder-link").length).toEqual(4);
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
+});