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[Lonnie Lee Best <733349@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You know, if they could at least do post #335, it would make up a lot
for the inconveniences of the title bar being integrated into the top-
panel.

Due to "Title Bar Integrated in top-panel", these additional steps are required to minimize and application (using the mouse):
1) Click on application window you want to minimize
2) Hover your mouse all the way to the top-left panel (that doesn't show you a minimize button until you hover over it)
3) Click a very tiny red circle with a "X" (why do precise an effort for my tastes)

Now, if they'd grant post #335, you could click on a very blunt fat icon (require less precise effort) that's
1) Visible even if the application doesn't have focus.
2) All three of the steps listed above could be achieved with less mouse movement:
     a. You don't have to mouse to the unfocused window and click it to make it gain focus
     b. If the window you are trying to minimize doesn't have focus, you have one location that both
          i. Gives it focus
         ii. Minimizes it

This is so clear for everyone to see. But someone (in control), at this
point, is too proud to admit that this is indeed a clear ENHANCEMENT.
Post #335 could be implemented in about 15 minutes and put this bug to
rest once and for all.

And absolute no one would complain about this enhancement to the degree
that everyone here is complaining about the enhancement not being there!

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Title:
  Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking its Launcher Icon

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Won't Fix
Status in Canonical Design:
  New
Status in Unity:
  Won't Fix
Status in Unity Tweak Tool:
  Won't Fix
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  What I do miss in Unity is the possibility to click on the app. icon on the Unity launcher bar to minimize all windows of that application, not only to launch/restore it.
  mlaverdiere's futher addition: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/733349/comments/2

  My suggestion would be to modify the interaction-design/process like
  this (*=my modification proposal/2 cents!):

  1) start it, if it hasn't been started yet;
  *2) restore it, if it is minimized;
  *3) focus the app, if it's started, not minimized and has not the focus yet;
  4) spread windows (of app), if app is focused and has multiple windows open;
  *5) minimize it if it is in spread-mode (see 4).

  Note that this bug has over 300 comments and several working but
  rejected patches. This means that this feature probably will never
  land in official Unity! So if you want it, you have to use a patched
  version of Unity.

  There is a working patch for 13.04 ( from comment #322,
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-
  design/+bug/733349/+attachment/3573380/+files/minimize.patch ).
  Somebody should set up a PPA (and note it here) to make it easy to
  install the patched version.

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