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[Carlos RG <carlosrges@xxxxxxxxx>]

While I'm far from being an expert in the Unity source code, taking a
look at it (more precisely, file launcher/ApplicationLauncherIcon.cpp,
function ApplicationLauncherIcon::ActivateLauncherIcon in Vivid) it
seems this behaviour comes from a patch made to fix the bug #753938
"Launcher - Open Trash window prevents Nautilus being launched when a
user clicks on the Nautilus Launcher icon"[1]. That fix launches a new
Nautilus window if the currently opened Nautilus windows are the trash
or devices mounted in /media/<username>/.

But I think the previous behaviour is correct, i.e. the trash and
devices launcher icons should be thought as just shortcuts to the
Files/Nautilus application, not as separate applications; clicking on
the Trash icon opens a trash window *in Nautilus*, so when you click on
the normal Nautilus launcher icon it should bring that Trash window
back, not open a separate window with the Home folder. This is way is
done for example in Mac OS X, where clicking on the Trash icon on the
dock brings a Finder window, and if you click the Finder icon afterwards
it brings back the Trash window, not a new window.

This way may be annoying for some users that think of the Trash/Devices
icons as separate applications, but I think it's more consistent and
less workflow-disruptive when you are working with devices/trash
windows.

[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/753938

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170647

Title:
  After minimizing a Nautilus window of another partition or external
  media or Trash folder, clicking on the "Files" icon on the Launcher
  again doesn't restore the minimized window, but opens a new one

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in Unity:
  Triaged
Status in vivid:
  Confirmed
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in unity source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  *******
   ISSUE
  *******

  HOW TO REPRODUCE

  1. Connect a removable media to the computer.
  2. On the launcher, click on the "Files" icon.
  3. On the left sidebar, click on the removable media icon or the trash.
  4. Minimize the window.
  5. Click on the "Files" icon.

  EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR

  - The Files window to be maximized.

  REAL BEHAVIOUR

  - A new window is opened.

  RELEVANT DETAILS

  - One way to navigate between windows at this moment is to use the
  "control + tabulation" key combination, or to click again on the
  "Files" icon so windows are exposed.

  Otherwise the minimized window Can be restored by clicking on the
  Volume's launcher icon or scrolling on the Files icon

  **********
   SOLUTION
  **********

  WORK-AROUND

  - On the launcher, left click on the "Files" icon and select the
  "unlock from Launcher" option.

  FIX

  - The launcher icon for "Files" to be treated the same way as if it
  was unlocked.

  REGRESSION POTENTIAL

  - Clicking on the "Files" icon won't send the user to its home folder,
  but to the latest opened Files window.

  ****************
   TECHNICAL INFO
  ****************

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 19 11:33:13 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'814x493+136+38'"
   b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'182'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-23 (635 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-14 (4 days ago)

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