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Bug 643501 - Some apps don't correctly launch on workspaces
Some apps don't correctly launch on workspaces
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 642684
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.91.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-02-28 15:18 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2011-04-21 20:03 UTC
See Also:
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Description Bill Nottingham 2011-02-28 15:18:30 UTC 
Subject says it all.

If I drag a dash launcher to an actual open workspace in the overview, it opens on that workspace. However, if I drag it to a workspace representation in the workspace list, it opens on the current workspace.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2011-03-02 16:24:28 UTC 
What application? The open-on-workspace functionality requires the app to properly implement the "startup notification" protoocol. (Doesn't matter for dragging to the main part because if you switch workspaces in the main part while dragging, the workspace is actually switched so the workspace you launch upon is the current workspace.)
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2011-03-02 19:34:30 UTC 
Firefox and gwibber. gnome-terminal and liferea seem to do the right thing.
Comment 3 Owen Taylor 2011-03-02 19:53:12 UTC 
For Firefox, is a window already open or not? Does it matter?
Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2011-03-02 20:17:12 UTC 
It does not work in Firefox whether a window is open or not.
Comment 5 Owen Taylor 2011-04-21 20:03:10 UTC 
Consolidating "problems with launch-on-workspace" into one bug, though I'm not sure how many different underlying problems there are.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 642684 ***