What Happened to `Recent Files' Feature in Document Viewer (Evince)?

Most of the currently available applications provide a way to open the recently accessed files from it.

In the previous versions of Document Viewer, I could see a list of recently opened files. However, in recent versions of Document Viewer, I find that this previously available feature is no longer present.

When you use the File menu after launching Document Viewer, there is no list of recent files.

When you click on Open, the Recently Used entry, available by default in other Ubuntu applications is not there.

Only after you have opened a file, and click on File->Open, you can get a list of recent files.

I feel that a very useful feature has been withdrawn. Or am I missing something here?

I am using Document Viewer 3.10.3 in Ubuntu 14.04, updated regularly.

Do you think there is way out of the situation?

Solution 1:

Seems to have been broken in 3.10.3-0ubuntu4 (debian/patches/0001-Port-to-GMenuModel-and-add-menu-bar.patch

So last working in 14.04 was 3.10.3-0ubuntu3 (- in File menu) or previous to that in the gnome's toolbar gear menu dropdown > recent

Filed bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1365296