Opening boards manager causes duplicate "Recently used boards" items
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Description
Arduino IDE 1.9.0-beta build 107
1. Tools > Board
2. Note the number of entries in the "Recently used boards" section of the menu:
3. Tools > Board > Boards Manager
4. Click the "Close" button.
5. Tools > Board
There are now two additional copies of the selected board in the "Recently used boards" section of the menu:
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Arduino IDE 1.9.0-beta build 107 using the listed Tools > Board steps, and inspect the board menu and recently used boards handling. Done means opening and closing Boards Manager no longer adds duplicate entries to the Recently used boards section.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100