add a frequent flyer list to the boards menu

[geek-emeritus]

Describe the request

I use 4 boards: UNO, MEGA, NANO, and ESP32. It would be nice to have a "frequently used boards" menu to the Tools > Board menu.

Describe the current behavior

We must read and decipher the whole list of boards to find the few we actually use.

Arduino IDE version

Original report

2.0.0-beta.6

Last verified with

2f2b19f

Operating system

All

Operating system version

Any

Additional context

Discussion: https://forum.arduino.cc/t/library-manager-has-50-almost-random-libs-only-missing-important-options/849249

Additional requests

• Add a section for previously selected boards. #2637

Related

• Support customization of board selection drop-down #86
• Add an option to favorite some boards #1953
• Disabling unused boards in the IDE  #2339
• Add per-session recently used boards list Arduino#8607
• Implement "Recently Used Boards" Menu Arduino#10816
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-personal-board-library/992907
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/sort-the-cards-in-ide/1353115/3

Issue checklist

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• I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest nightly build
• My request contains all necessary details

[per1234]

Equivalent work in the classic Arduino IDE: arduino/Arduino#10816
Even though that code is not applicable to the Arduino IDE 2.x code base, the UI design and related discussion is still relevant.