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Bug 794402 - Does not open new terminal in a new window sometimes
Does not open new terminal in a new window sometimes
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
: 794618 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-03-16 14:27 UTC by Christoph Reiter (lazka)
Modified: 2018-03-23 12:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Invert on Ctrl only, not on right-click (798 bytes, patch)
2018-03-16 15:11 UTC, Egmont Koblinger 		committed Details | Review

Description Christoph Reiter (lazka) 2018-03-16 14:27:23 UTC 
Using 3.27.92

* Make sure that in the preferences "Window" is selected for opening a new terminal
* Right click anywhere and select "new terminal"

Expected:

* a new window opens

Actual:

* a new tab opens, sometimes

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is more likely if I start "nano" and right click there and open a new terminal instead of doing the same without an active application.
Comment 1 Egmont Koblinger 2018-03-16 14:43:24 UTC 
Right-clicking or Ctrl+clicking on the "New Terminal" menu entry does the opposite of what's set in the Preferences. This is intentional.

I think it's pretty misleading, especially since if you right-click to open the menu, it's likely that you'll also right-click to invoke that menu entry (or just leave the button pressed and release there, which also invokes the opposite action).

I think invoking the opposite action should be restricted to Ctrl+clicking.
Comment 2 Christoph Reiter (lazka) 2018-03-16 14:53:01 UTC 
Ahhhhh, that's it, thanks!
Comment 3 Egmont Koblinger 2018-03-16 15:11:20 UTC 
Created attachment 369787 [details] [review]
Invert on Ctrl only, not on right-click
Comment 4 Christian Persch 2018-03-16 17:54:55 UTC 
Comment on attachment 369787 [details] [review]
Invert on Ctrl only, not on right-click

Hmm right, I hadn't considered this when adding the inversion for clicks too.

Master and 3-28 please. Thanks!
Comment 5 Egmont Koblinger 2018-03-16 20:20:48 UTC 
> I hadn't considered this when adding the inversion for clicks too.

Wouldn't have occurred to me either, thanks Christoph for the bugreport! :)

Submitted.
Comment 6 Christoph Reiter (lazka) 2018-03-16 20:26:21 UTC 
Thanks!
Comment 7 Steve Fosdick 2018-03-23 12:34:33 UTC 
*** Bug 794618 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***