### Method

# Gtk RecentManager add_item

#### Declaration [src]

    gboolean
    gtk_recent_manager_add_item (
      GtkRecentManager* manager,
      const char* uri
    )

#### Description [src]

Adds a new resource, pointed by `uri`, into the recently used resources list.

This function automatically retrieves some of the needed metadata and setting other metadata to common default values; it then feeds the data to `gtk_recent_manager_add_full()`.

See `gtk_recent_manager_add_full()` if you want to explicitly define the metadata for the resource pointed by `uri`.

#### Parameters

`uri`

  Type: `const char*`

  A valid URI.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `gboolean`

`TRUE` if the new item was successfully added to the recently used resources list.