GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 654424
ctrl-enter to open a new window of the application just typed
Last modified: 2011-07-11 22:19:31 UTC
Pressing the windows key and typing an application name and pressing enter results in the last instance of the application coming up. I would suggest pressing "ctrl + enter" to get a new window of the application. This functionality would be is similar to click vs ctrl+click on items in the dash.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 613082 ***