Launcher - Launcher shows only physical drives, not virtuals such as FTP

Bug #841941 reported by Aurélien RIVIERE
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Committed
Low
John Lea
unity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Unity 4.12's Launcher shows only HDDs/DVDs/CDs/USB... but not FTP (and probably not SSH and others).

Desired solution:
- It should be possible add any virtual drive to the Launcher by searching for it in the 'Folder' category of the Dash File Lens, and drag and dropping it on to the Launcher.
- See bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/713423 for a description of a number of the behavioural issues around this functionality.
- It should be possible to remove the virtual drives from the Launcher by un-checking the "keep in Launcher" option or drag and dropping their launcher icon into the trash.
- Virtual internet drives (FTP, SSH) should be treated as removable drives (see bug #713423) because internet connections can be transient, and connecting/disconnecting from the internet is effectively plugging in and unplugging the drive.

Tags: onew udo udp
Revision history for this message
Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

The question from design would be should the launcher show those mounts or not, for bluetooth mounts there is bug 620062

Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
tags: added: onew udo
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Committed
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock)
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
description: updated
John Lea (johnlea)
description: updated
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Just to be clear about the importance of the bug: this is a 12.04 target, not an SRU by any means.

Changed in unity:
milestone: none → backlog
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → later
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: udp
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
milestone: later → none
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: In Progress → Triaged
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: In Progress → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
John Lea (johnlea)
summary: - Unity Launcher shows only physical drives, not virtuals such as FTP
+ Launcher - Launcher shows only physical drives, not virtuals such as FTP
Tim Penhey (thumper)
Changed in unity:
milestone: backlog → none
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote :

Ubuntu 17.10 will ship with Gnome Shell by default. Given this, we do not plan to work on this bug anymore. Closing.

no longer affects: unity
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
assignee: Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) → nobody
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