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Bug 769591 - One should be able to open multiple items through the AO before it closes
One should be able to open multiple items through the AO before it closes
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: overview
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-08-06 23:42 UTC by Inactive account
Modified: 2016-08-06 23:57 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Inactive account 2016-08-06 23:42:39 UTC 
If one goes into the Activities Overview and clicks on an application, the AO closes and it opens. This seems logical and it is what most probably want most of the time, however I on many occasions need to open several applications at the same time, or do a search and then get it to open multiple items at a time so that I don't need to have to keep re-entering the AO.

So what I would really like to see would be something like shift + click (or similar) on an item to open it but not close the AO, and just normal click to open it and also close the AO.

I initially made this request here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1610612 But thought I should also do so upstream.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2016-08-06 23:57:18 UTC 
(In reply to cooks.go.hungry from comment #0)
> So what I would really like to see would be something like shift + click (or
> similar) on an item to open it but not close the AO

Is control + click similar enough? ;-)