Launcher needs a 'Show All Windows' option

Bug #1436591 reported by Ray Kiddy
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

 All applications with a Launcher icon have a set of standard commands, such as "Unlock from Launcher" and "Quit". They should all have a "Show All Windows" command as well.

It is really bothersome when I have Terminal open and click on the Launcher icon and I see one window come forward. I may have 6 or 7 windows, but I have to go to each one in turn to bring it forward. I know that I can see the titles of all the windows and I can see the "zoomed out" view of all the windows. But I actually want to bring all the windows of an application to the front and I cannot.

Please consider adding this feature.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 25 15:16:52 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-19 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Ray Kiddy (ray-ganymede) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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