Comment 115 for bug 733349

I'm pretty sure someone has already written a patch, either here or in the
related ayatana discussion. In this case, it's just a matter of reviewing
and approving the patch.

It would be a shame to ignore one of the most subscribed-to bugs for Natty.

2011/6/20 Dimitris Papageorgiou <email address hidden>

> "Adding minimise will add complications..."
>
> Did I miss the part where you now have to be a complete idiot to be able
> to use ubuntu?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733349
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> Title:
> Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Won't Fix
> Status in Unity:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> What I do miss in Natty (Alpha 3 + daily builds) 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).
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