Example: RecentChooserMenu

public class Application : Gtk.Window {
public Application () {
// Prepare Gtk.Window:
this.title = "My Gtk.RecentChooserMenu";
this.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;
this.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);

// MenuBar:
Gtk.MenuBar bar = new Gtk.MenuBar ();
this.add (bar);

// File:
Gtk.MenuItem item_file = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label ("File");
bar.add (item_file);

Gtk.RecentChooserMenu recent = new Gtk.RecentChooserMenu ();
item_file.set_submenu (recent);

recent.item_activated.connect (() => {
Gtk.RecentInfo info = recent.get_current_item ();
print ("%s\n", info.get_uri ());
});
}

public static int main (string[] args) {
Gtk.init (ref args);

Application app = new Application ();
app.show_all ();
Gtk.main ();
return 0;
}
}

 valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 Gtk.RecentChooserMenu.vala

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