Public bug reported: When you click on a application icon in the launcher it runs/comes to foreground, which is the expected behavior. But when you click again on the icon of an application which is already in foreground, the natural/expected behavior is for the window to be hidden/minimized.
This is a better behavior than the current one because you sometimes just want to peek into another applications window quickly and hide it again. The proposed behavior makes this quick and easy as you only have to click again to go back to your previous window, while with the current behavior you have to: 1- find the icon of the previously in foreground app in the launcher. 2- move the mouse pointer to that icon and click it. which requires attention and distracts you from focusing on your work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Sun Nov 18 13:54:30 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-10-22 12:04:29,299 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:215a] InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-20 (150 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) MachineType: LENOVO 2516CTO MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=e3ba4e68-c80a-4f90-a961-d564942ff7a5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (27 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/09/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6IET81WW (1.41 ) dmi.board.name: 2516CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET81WW(1.41):bd02/09/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2516CTO:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2516CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2516CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 quantal running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080295 Title: clicking again on a launcher icon should hide the window To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1080295/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs