No option to launch multiple "home folder" instances on Unity bar

[Omega]

Binary package hint: nautilus

While the Unity bar is meant to hold running applications that double as launchers, the extended menu functionality to create new instances isn't in place. When I want to start cruising around my filesystem with Nautilus, I usually just start with the home folder and go from there in a new window.

Of course, when I already have a window open, all the Unity launcher does is bring it to the foreground.

What I'd like to see is a default action that's performed when a Unity menu item is double clicked and for Nautilus to support this with a "open a new window" action.

This is both a Unity and Nautilus issue. On one end, Unity doesn't have a double-click action that can be assigned defaults. And on the other, Nautilus doesn't even have a right-click menu option to create a new window in the Unity menu bar.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 15 21:35:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.