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Message #33449
[Bug 1441111] Re: Clicking the nautilus icon for focusing a window of an external device opens a new window instead
This bug also exists in ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1441111
Title:
Clicking the nautilus icon for focusing a window of an external device
opens a new window instead
Status in Nautilus:
New
Status in Unity:
New
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The Launcher icon for Nautilus (whether clicking on the icon or using
the shortcut 'Super+1') does not work properly in Ubuntu 14.04 when an
external Device is attached to the computer [i.e., when an item
appears under the "Devices" heading in Nautilus' Sidebar (e.g., USB
drive).]
With all applications except Nautilus, clicking a Launcher icon results in this behavior:
1) if the application is not open, the application is opened.
2) if the application is opened, focus is given to the already opened window.
Yet Nautilus does NOT behave this way when an external device is
attached to the computer and Nautilus is viewing the contents of that
device. For example, if a USB thumb drive is attached to the computer
and user is viewing the contents, pressing Super+1 (or clicking the
Nautilus icon) to bring focus to an already opened Nautilus window
results in a new window being opened so there are a total of 2
Nautilus windows.
Some side-effects of this include making it IMPOSSIBLE to close the
Nautilus application by clicking the X in the upper left corner of the
window unless the user makes use of Alt+Tab to get to the already
opened Nautilus window. To illustrate this, do the following:
1) Attach a USB thumb drive to the computer. (I have "Never start
programs on media insertion" enabled so no windows automatically open
on my computer).
2) To access the USB drive I just attached, I open Nautilus by
clicking the icon in the Launcher. My HOME folder opens. I click on
the USB device (that lists under DEVICES in Nautilus' Sidebar) to see
what is on the USB drive.
3) I open Firefox by clicking on the Firefox icon in the Launcher.
4) I want to return to the Nautilus window I previously opened, so I
click on the Nautilus icon in the Launcher. A NEW NAUTILUS WINDOW
OPENS. The correct behavior here is for Ubuntu to give focus to the
already opened Nautilus window.
5) If I then click the X in the upper left corner of the window to
close nautilus, the window closes but Nautilus is still open. If I
click the Nautilus icon to give focus to the open Nautilus Window, IT
OPENS A NEW NAUTILUS WINDOW. Clicking the X in this window puts me
back where I started.
A second window of an application should only be opened 1) if user
right-clicks the Launcher icon and selects "Open a New Window" or 2)
if user makes use of the Super+Shift+# shortcut. New windows should
NOT be opened from standard left-clicks on the icon.
I am reporting this bug on a fully up to date version of Ubuntu 14.04.
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