Cannot pin items to launcher

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto]

Once, only, I have seen a right-click menu for a Unity launcher icon that let me "Keep item in launcher" (or similar) - i.e. to pin that item. However, I cannot seem to repeat this for any other icon. The one item I successfully pinned no longer displays this menu when I right-click it.

To duplicate:
1. Log in.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to launch a gnome-terminal instance. Or, start another application.
3. Right-click & hold on the icon for the newly-launched application in the Unity sidebar.

Expected: a menu appears with the "Keep item in launcher" option.
Observed: a box with the application title appears. The box grows slightly larger after the mouse button is held down for about one second.

$ apt-cache policy unity
unity:
  Installed: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.34-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru)]

Update: even though it is not displayed, if I click on the space under the application title where "Keep in launcher" WOULD appear, the item is pinned to the launcher.

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

This is fixed with 0.2.34

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru)]

I'm sorry, but I can't detect a fix. The bug still appears as reported.

$ apt-cache policy unity
unity:
  Installed: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.34-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

this bug is fixed. you are most probably facing bug 617339

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru)]

No, I separately reported bug #629917, which was marked considered a duplicate of bug #617339.

For this bug, I see no quicklist items whatsoever.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

even if you dont see the 'keep in launcher' entry after right clicking on a
tile its there. if you get your mouse a little below the apps label and
click that app is pinned. so the problem really is bug 629917

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Paul Kishimoto <email address hidden>wrote:

> No, I separately reported bug #629917, which was marked considered a
> duplicate of bug #617339.
>
> For this bug, I see no quicklist items whatsoever.
>
> --
> Cannot pin items to launcher
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629904
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Unity.
>
> Status in Unity: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Once, only, I have seen a right-click menu for a Unity launcher icon that
> let me "Keep item in launcher" (or similar) - i.e. to pin that item.
> However, I cannot seem to repeat this for any other icon. The one item I
> successfully pinned no longer displays this menu when I right-click it.
>
> To duplicate:
> 1. Log in.
> 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to launch a gnome-terminal instance. Or, start another
> application.
> 3. Right-click & hold on the icon for the newly-launched application in the
> Unity sidebar.
>
> Expected: a menu appears with the "Keep item in launcher" option.
> Observed: a box with the application title appears. The box grows slightly
> larger after the mouse button is held down for about one second.
>
> $ apt-cache policy unity
> unity:
> Installed: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
> Candidate: 0.2.34-0ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 0.2.34-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
>

[David Barth (dbarth)]

Can you post a screenshot of what appears when you right click on a launcher icon? use gnome-screenshot -d 4 from the command line.

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru)]

Attached.