This has been fixed in Precise, System settings applet launchers behave consistently, except for the ones not integrated in system settings (Printing and Additional drivers), but these are planned to be reimplemented/integrated into System settings, so I am closing this as Fix released.
The wiki with the design for integrating Additional drivers can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931246 Title: system settings applets confuse unity Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Open System Settings from the launcher -> the triangle on the left side of the System settings icon appears, showing that the application is open 2. Select any of the applets (e.g Appearance) except the ones from the later steps 3. Select Mouse and Trackpad/Sound/Wacom Graphics tablet 4. Select Printing/ Additional drivers Expected behavior: The behavior should be consistent for steps 2-4, as the usecase is the same, but at least 2-3, until Printing [1] and Additional drivers[2] are reimplemented as Control Center applets. For 3, only one instance should be detected to avoid opening window spread on click, and showing only one instance. For both 2 and 3, System settings icon should still be shown as open (with triangle on the left side), as the applet is part of system settings. What happens instead: 2. The triangle from the left side of the System settings icon disappears, a new launcher icon with the icon of the panel is added with one triangle, showing that one instance is running 3. The triangle from the left side of the of the System settings icon disappears, a new launcher icon with the icon of the panel is added with two triangles, showing that multiple instances are running, clicking the icon opens the window spread, however there's only one instance open to select 4. The triangle stays there on the left side of the System settings icon, and a new launcher icon is added for the newly open tool based on the icon clicked. [1] Blueprint discussing Printer settings and Control center - https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-system-config-printer-vs-gnome-3-control-center [2] Jockey integration in Control Center https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.2.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,imgpng,grid,vpswitch,mousepoll,wall,regex,snap,move,resize,place,gnomecompat,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,session,fade,scale,unityshell] Date: Mon Feb 13 05:50:52 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120110.2) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-03 (9 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/931246/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
