Unity launcher doesn't allow nautilus new nautilus window when file transfer is only left

[Ian Corne]

When you are transfering files and you close the last window of nautilus and there's still a file transfer window open, you are unable to open a new nautilus window via the launcher.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic-pae 3.0.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Wed Jun 22 19:10:46 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Hi,

Can you open a new Nautilus window by middle clicking on the Nautilus icon?

Thanks,

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

Related to bug #753938.

[Ian Corne (icorne)]

Yes, that opens a new window. But it's not very straitforward and could a pain on a laptop

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Hi,

I agree, it's also a pain on a laptop as it's not easy to find a way to actually do a middle click with many touchpads. However making a left click open a new window would be a big change to the whole Unity design. The only alternative is for closing the Nautilus window to close and end the copy as well, which might be annoying.

This needs input from the design team, so marking it as such.

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Also removed, oneiric and unity-2d tags as this problem isn't specific to either of them.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

The fix to this will involve adding an "Open a New Window" option to the Nautilus quicklist.

[Ian Corne (icorne)]

yes, I think that's a good Idea Bilal :)

[Simon Schmidt Johansen (ssjoisen)]

How about a Ctrl + Left Click function, to open a new window?