Opening an app switches to another workspace
Bug #1369062 reported by
Tuur Dutoit
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Gala |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
#To reproduce:
- Open an app in workspace #1
- Switch to a new or existing workspace
- Try to open the same app in workspace #2
- You are now switched back to #1, where the app is shown
Also, apps open in other workspaces show as running/minimized in Plank on the current workspace.
#Workaround:
Open a new instance/window of the app. That one will stay in #2
I think this behaviour kills the notion of separate workspaces, designed to switch between completely different worlds.
#Setup:
elementary OS Freya, updates up to 13 sep 2014
Gala 0.1.0
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| Ezra Sharp (nicekiwi) wrote | #1 |
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It sounds like you've described the correct function of workspaces, but you're really wanting something like KDE Activities? (I maybe wrong on that one), but a sand-boxed space you can switch between.
Generally I would find it annoying to have multiple instances of apps per workspaces as I would use them to spread my work out (Gimp on one workspace, reference material on another, etc..) and switch between them as a part of my workflow via plank.
I wouldn't dedicate each workspace to a sandboxed arena per-say, where all apps should run separately form other workspaces, thats not really the way traditional desktops or eOS work.
The only exception to that I would think is Files. Which should be able to easily open multiple instances on any workspace.