Cannot Open a new Gnome Calculator Window

[bananenkasper]

From the gnome panel, I can open a new instance of an application by middle-clicking on the icon. This will show up a new window.
Works for all application, as far as I can tell.

But it does not work for Gnome Calculator. Middle-clicking brings only up the old window.
I workaround by using the Terminal: gnome-calculator&

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you also give details on the ubuntu version and desktop environment you use

[bananenkasper (bananenkasper)]

System is

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=artful
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.10"

[bananenkasper (bananenkasper)]

Expected: Open a new instance when I middle-click, like with all other applications.
Actual: Middle-clicking brings up the already-running instance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-calculator (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[bananenkasper (bananenkasper)]

Still can reproduce this problem with 18.04.1.

[jakamo (jakamo)]

I suggest raising priority to high, as this bug is very frustrating and counterproductive.

Yes, I know we can open a new window via the app menu, but that doesn't help when the calculator is need on a second or third workspace. As it stands now I have to switch to original workspace open a new calculator window and fumble around with moving it to the workspace where it's needed.