Multiple Connections' Recent List: Any ability to remove items?

[IFS]

PL/SQL Developer has two connection history features.

One feature I will call Logon History. This applies to the Key icon, and is the main connection of the application for the purposes of Objects view and other views. The history list and its behaviour are configured via Preference > Oracle > Logon History. From this page you can delete old entries, store history with password, control the size of the list, and apply sorting.

The other feature I will call Connection List. When using the application with Multiple Connections enabled (Oracle > Connection > Allow multiple connections), each window will have a database connection pop-up menu at the bottom of the window where you can select from a Recent menu. You can affect the sorting of this feature in Preferences > User Interface > Appearance > Connection list sorting.

However, there does not appear to be a way to phase out connections that no longer exist. I cannot find any meta data stored in plain text for this feature in %USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\PLSQL Developer 16. Is there a way to prune this list?

I would like to suggest that these two implementations be combined into one control area.

• the Connection List (in Recent menu) should to use the same content as the Logon History
• the sorting in Appearance > Connection list sorting should be removed
• Connection > Multiple Connection > store recent history and store with password should be removed and replaced with Logon History settings

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added this to the list of enhancement requests.

The Recent folder from the Connection List can be pruned by selecting one or more recent connections in the list, right-clicking on them, and selecting "Remove".

The Logon History can be pruned through Preferences > Oracle > Logon History. Just select the history items and click on the "Delete item" button, or click on the "Delete all items" to delete them all.

 

[IFS]

Hi Marco,
Because of your feedback you have directed me to the 'Connections' dockable window that I was not aware of. For readers who are also not aware, this is an option in the View Ribbon Menu. Thank you, this resolves all of my queries. I don't have any further concerns that these are separate features.