Loosing VirtualBox OSE Manager window in Unity

[Luke Scharf]

The VirtualBox OSE Manager window can be lost in Unity:
1. Open VirtualBox OSE Manager
2. Start a VM
3. Close VirtualBox OSE Manager window

The intuitive way to get the Window back in Unity would be:
1. Click on the VirtualBox icon in the dock (which brings VM to the foreground)
2. From the VM window's menu. (no option exists.)

Workaround:
Run "virtualbox" from gnome-terminal.

The existing behavior of VirtualBox is very intuitive with the traditional GUI. It's a jsut mismatch with Unity's new paradigm. I would classify it as a usability issue when running under Unity, though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-02063904-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 31 19:24:13 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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