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Bug 663464 - No easy way to show the main Empathy window / contact list
No easy way to show the main Empathy window / contact list
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 658043
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: telepathy
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Shell Telepathy maintainer(s)
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-11-05 18:32 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2011-11-07 09:03 UTC
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Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2011-11-05 18:32:16 UTC 
1. start a conversation window with someone
2. close the Empathy contact list
3. try to open that contact list again (no cheating with Alt+F2 !)

I haven't found a way to do that (except using Alt+F2), since the gnome-shell window matching will only focus the conversation windows instead of spawning empathy's contact list.

The contact list can be useful for those who prefer it over gnome-contacts:
- less "stuff" in there with better grouping/filtering options, the notion of "favorites", the clear distinction between online/offline, etc.
- it's the only way to access Empathy's preferences dialog, the accounts dialog, the blocklist, the favorite rooms, etc.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2011-11-05 19:04:34 UTC 
Hmm, I thought we had an open bug for that, but appears like I was wrong. Not sure how to fix this - the cause of the problem is that empathy was split into two "applications" (empathy == the roster and empathy-chat == the conversation view), which share a common .desktop file.
Comment 2 Guillaume Desmottes 2011-11-07 09:03:37 UTC 
We do, that's bug #658043.
I'm not sure of the right way to fix that either. I was thinking adding a "Show contact list" item in the Shell's launcher but we need jump list support first.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 658043 ***