Regression: shift+click on a launcher icon to open a new application instance gone

[David Planella]

[Test Case]
1. Open any application (e.g. gcalctool)
2. While holding SHIFT, left click on the application icon (e.g. gcalctool)
   -> Verify that a new window of the given application is opened

[Regression Potential]
Broken mouse behavior on launcher, broken application starting.

Original description:

Binary package hint: unity

This is part :
- ensure there is no regression on clicking on items on the dash and the launcher
/!\ shift + click won't work until the unity patch isn't ready yet. Just ensuring no regression there

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<dpm> didrocks, ah, and another question: I used to be able to shift+click on a launcher to open a new window. Now that functionality is gone, but I still can use the super+shift+number functionality to do the same. So is the shift+click function gone by design, or shall I report a bug?
<didrocks> oh really?
* didrocks checks
<dpm> it's been gone for a while
<didrocks> it has regressed, yeah
<didrocks> dpm: open a bug, assigned me

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

Not an unity issue, it's the middle click emulation being removed by xorg.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

First of all, middlemouse emulation has been off by default since evdev 2.6.0 was uploaded on Fri, 28 Jan. So if you were able to shift+click launch after that, the bug is somewhere else. Second, I can't understand how it could even be due to the current defaults, since you're using a modifier and left(?) click. Could you fill in the details?

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[David Planella (dpm)]

I'm reopening the bug, after auto-expiration. Timo, I'm not sure I understand the information you need here, could you please elaborate?

As per the question whether I was able to shift+click launch after Fri, 28 Jan, the answer is yes: bug 724865 with this feature request was filed on 2011-02-25 and the feature implemented in unity on 2011-03-01

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Right, so it's not due to middlemouse emulation being disabled by default, but something else. Tossing back to unity :)

[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

This shouldn't have to do with middle click emulation since it's shift + click.

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

Thinking about, that can be a nice addition to the middle click and should be a bitesize bugs as it will be quite easy to fix. That would be an awesome first contribution :)

[Alexander Fougner (fougner)]

Manuel,

Good work!
I might be wrong, but I think you assign _shift_pressed twice :)

111 + _shift_pressed=false;
112 _launcher = launcher;
113 + _shift_pressed=false;
114 m_TooltipText = "blank";

[Manuel Nicetto (manuel-nicetto)]

Thank you Alexander you are right..... I've just updated the branch!

[Ben Gamari (bgamari)]

Has this fix not made it into Natty yet? This would be an excellent usability improvement,

[Danillo (danillo)]

There seems to be another regression related to this in the 11.10 Beta1. In Natty, I could open a new instance of an application by pressing super+shift+the number of the application in the launcher, but this is not working in this development version of oneiric anymore. If this persists to the final release, then we will have no way to open another instance of an application when this application is not focused.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Danillo, could you please report a new bug for the issue you found.

[Danillo (danillo)]

Ok. I reported it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/848118

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

setting the status back to confirmed as no one seems to be working on it right now but would be a nice addition indeed.

[Zaid Yeganeh (yeganeh)]

Changing status based on feedback from another bug i.e. Fix Committed is when a merge has been approved

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello David, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nux into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Max Bowsher (maxb)]

It appears there's nothing testable until the unity fix also lands. (I realize that the previous comment is mostly boilerplate, hence probably why it is wrong in this case.)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

unity has landed, can anyone confirm the fix there?

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

@Seb
The Nux patch has been landed, but the Unity one is still on pending state.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

sorry, I just read the description again, I came there from the SRU list where nux is sitting for a while

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the nux update is there for a while and works fine, it also fixes bug #868434, setting to verification-done

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

I am still experiencing this regression with an up-to-date oneiric and unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2.

Did the fix somehow slip through the cracks and not land in unity 4.28?

[Max Bowsher (maxb)]

This appears to still be broken in today's Ubuntu precise.

[Miklos Juhasz (mjuhasz)]

The fix for unity (ubuntu) has never been committed so I changed the status back to Confirmed. I can't change the status back for unity but it was not part of 4.28 so it's not Fix Released.

A branch with the fix is linked but it does not apply cleanly anymore. It should be fixed and then proposed for merge.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's still an issue in precise

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

@Sebastien: This is still an issue in Oneiric with a branch fix awaiting merge proposal per comment #25.

Why did you change the status for Oneiric to Won't Fix? With a full year remaining in 11.10 support cycle, I'd expect to see updates to Unity still. No? Has the 4.x series development been abandoned entirely?

[Miklos Juhasz (mjuhasz)]

Fix is committed: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~unity-team/unity/trunk/revision/2387

Shall we SRU this to Precise?

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

@Miklos
Yes, I'm SRUing it.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Hello David, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/5.14.0-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[pablomme (pablomme)]

Unity 5.14.0-0ubuntu1 has fixed the problem.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 5.14.0-0ubuntu1

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