In reply to Reece, that's again not what this defect report is about. I don't expect you to manually check each and every application and add an entry to open a new instance...
I simply request to leverage an existing functionality in Unity to make it more comfortable. It is already possible to open a new instance for an already running application you use middle-click or super+shift+<number/letter>, I merely ask for the addition of a shift+leftclick shortcut so it's more comfortable for people with no middle mouse button (touchpads for example). In addition there is no reason to have an entry with the name of an application in it's right click menu in the launcher that does exactly the same as clicking the application... so why not do what Windows 7 did? Windows 7 has the same entry in it's own right click menu (jumplist) clicking it opens a new instance of an already running application or just starts it if it's not running. This is a change that would be done solely in Unity not in every single application, and since as noted it's up to each application to handle multiple instance or block them, this will work as intended and already does work as intended using the existing shortcuts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868524 Title: Unity easier way to create new instance from launcher without middle mouse button To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/868524/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
