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Bug 654028 - applications pop up on invisible workspace
applications pop up on invisible workspace
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-07-05 16:30 UTC by Rik van Riel
Modified: 2018-07-14 01:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.91/3.0


Description Rik van Riel 2011-07-05 16:30:29 UTC 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

gnome-shell-3.0.2-3.fc15.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run gnome-shell with multiple monitors
2. run a browser or email client on a secondary monitor
3. move down to another workspace on the main monitor (ctrl+alt+down)
4. open an attachment to an email or a pdf from a web page
5. ... wait

Actual results:

Nothing happens on the current workspace.  Press ctrl-alt-up to go to the top
workspace, find pop-up "what to do with this document" window sitting there.

Expected results:

PDF document gets opened on my current workspace, where I am trying to do work
now.
Comment 1 Rik van Riel 2011-12-13 21:48:31 UTC 
To clarify, applications started from a secondary monitor (eg. opening email attachments) always show up on workspace 1, even if the current workspace is another one.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2018-07-14 01:16:58 UTC 
Pretty sure this was fixed long ago.