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Bug 442263 - Open only one preferences dialog window
Open only one preferences dialog window
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Preferences
2.91.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-05-30 08:35 UTC by Luca Ferretti
Modified: 2010-12-04 13:51 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement

Attachments
[PATCH] Only display one properties window. (7.62 KB, patch)
2008-09-06 10:14 UTC, Cosimo Cecchi 		needs-work Details | Review

Description Luca Ferretti 2007-05-30 08:35:04 UTC 
## Problem ##
Nautilus open multiple preferences dialog windows on demand

## Current benhavior ##
 1. Choose Edit -> Preference (or choose System->Prefs->File Manag.
    or run nautilus-file-management-properties)
 2. Nautilus preferences dialog is showed
 3. Re-choose Edit -> Preferences
 4. A new preferences dialog is showed
 5. again and again and again

## Expected behavior ##
Point 4 of previous list should be "Move previously opened dialog on foreground and focus it"
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2008-09-06 08:55:54 UTC 
Confirming.
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2008-09-06 10:14:23 UTC 
Created attachment 118155 [details] [review]
[PATCH] Only display one properties window.

 src/nautilus-file-management-properties-main.c |    3 +-
 src/nautilus-file-management-properties.c      |   91 +++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-04-14 14:59:14 UTC 
Review of attachment 118155 [details] [review]:

This needs some more work, as we don't use libglade anymore.
Comment 4 Luca Ferretti 2010-12-03 21:11:34 UTC 
Re-based against 2.91.x, still bugged :(
Comment 5 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-12-04 13:51:57 UTC 
I just pushed a fix to master for this; closing as FIXED.