How to restore the pre-17.10 behaviour of gnome-calculator: opening multiple instances by middle-clicking in the Ubuntu dock?
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In ubuntu 17.04 and earlier, a middle-click on the calculator icon in the launcher would start another instance of it, like it still does for most other programs. This does no longer work in 17.10/18.04 - how can I restore the old behavior?
(I know that I can open a terminal and type gnome-calculator but that is too cumbersome)
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In ubuntu 17.04 and earlier, a middle-click on the calculator icon in the launcher would start another instance of it, like it still does for most other programs. This does no longer work in 17.10/18.04 - how can I restore the old behavior?
(I know that I can open a terminal and type gnome-calculator but that is too cumbersome)
ubuntu-dock multiple-instances gnome-calculator
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
favorite
up vote
2
down vote
favorite
In ubuntu 17.04 and earlier, a middle-click on the calculator icon in the launcher would start another instance of it, like it still does for most other programs. This does no longer work in 17.10/18.04 - how can I restore the old behavior?
(I know that I can open a terminal and type gnome-calculator but that is too cumbersome)
ubuntu-dock multiple-instances gnome-calculator
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
In ubuntu 17.04 and earlier, a middle-click on the calculator icon in the launcher would start another instance of it, like it still does for most other programs. This does no longer work in 17.10/18.04 - how can I restore the old behavior?
(I know that I can open a terminal and type gnome-calculator but that is too cumbersome)
ubuntu-dock multiple-instances gnome-calculator
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
edited Aug 27 at 1:39
muru
1
1
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
asked May 11 at 10:41
Bradzzv
426
426
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add a comment |Â
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It seems it's an intentional implementation by the developers. Almost all other applications provide an option to open a new window in the context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu dock while an instance is running and you can assign this option to mouse-middle-click, but Calculator application in particular doesn't provide the option at all!
As a hacky workaround you may try the following.
- Copy the launcher for Calculator (probably named
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop) from/usr/share/applications/and paste to~/.local/share/applications/. - Open the copied file using a text editor.
Look for a line beginning with
Actions=. If there is one, appendnew-instance;to it. Otherwise add the following lineActions=new-instance;Append the following lines to the end of the file and save it.
[Desktop Action new-instance]
Name=New instance
Exec=gnome-calculatorRe-login just to be sure.
Now when you have Calculator running, if you right click on its icon in the dock, you should see a "New instance" option.
Click on the New instance option, it should launch another Calculator.
answered May 11 at 13:34
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Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
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May 11 at 14:38
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
It seems it's an intentional implementation by the developers. Almost all other applications provide an option to open a new window in the context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu dock while an instance is running and you can assign this option to mouse-middle-click, but Calculator application in particular doesn't provide the option at all!
As a hacky workaround you may try the following.
- Copy the launcher for Calculator (probably named
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop) from/usr/share/applications/and paste to~/.local/share/applications/. - Open the copied file using a text editor.
Look for a line beginning with
Actions=. If there is one, appendnew-instance;to it. Otherwise add the following lineActions=new-instance;Append the following lines to the end of the file and save it.
[Desktop Action new-instance]
Name=New instance
Exec=gnome-calculatorRe-login just to be sure.
Now when you have Calculator running, if you right click on its icon in the dock, you should see a "New instance" option.
Click on the New instance option, it should launch another Calculator.
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
It seems it's an intentional implementation by the developers. Almost all other applications provide an option to open a new window in the context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu dock while an instance is running and you can assign this option to mouse-middle-click, but Calculator application in particular doesn't provide the option at all!
As a hacky workaround you may try the following.
- Copy the launcher for Calculator (probably named
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop) from/usr/share/applications/and paste to~/.local/share/applications/. - Open the copied file using a text editor.
Look for a line beginning with
Actions=. If there is one, appendnew-instance;to it. Otherwise add the following lineActions=new-instance;Append the following lines to the end of the file and save it.
[Desktop Action new-instance]
Name=New instance
Exec=gnome-calculatorRe-login just to be sure.
Now when you have Calculator running, if you right click on its icon in the dock, you should see a "New instance" option.
Click on the New instance option, it should launch another Calculator.
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
It seems it's an intentional implementation by the developers. Almost all other applications provide an option to open a new window in the context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu dock while an instance is running and you can assign this option to mouse-middle-click, but Calculator application in particular doesn't provide the option at all!
As a hacky workaround you may try the following.
- Copy the launcher for Calculator (probably named
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop) from/usr/share/applications/and paste to~/.local/share/applications/. - Open the copied file using a text editor.
Look for a line beginning with
Actions=. If there is one, appendnew-instance;to it. Otherwise add the following lineActions=new-instance;Append the following lines to the end of the file and save it.
[Desktop Action new-instance]
Name=New instance
Exec=gnome-calculatorRe-login just to be sure.
Now when you have Calculator running, if you right click on its icon in the dock, you should see a "New instance" option.
Click on the New instance option, it should launch another Calculator.
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
It seems it's an intentional implementation by the developers. Almost all other applications provide an option to open a new window in the context menu (right-click menu) in Ubuntu dock while an instance is running and you can assign this option to mouse-middle-click, but Calculator application in particular doesn't provide the option at all!
As a hacky workaround you may try the following.
- Copy the launcher for Calculator (probably named
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop) from/usr/share/applications/and paste to~/.local/share/applications/. - Open the copied file using a text editor.
Look for a line beginning with
Actions=. If there is one, appendnew-instance;to it. Otherwise add the following lineActions=new-instance;Append the following lines to the end of the file and save it.
[Desktop Action new-instance]
Name=New instance
Exec=gnome-calculatorRe-login just to be sure.
Now when you have Calculator running, if you right click on its icon in the dock, you should see a "New instance" option.
Click on the New instance option, it should launch another Calculator.
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
answered May 11 at 13:34
pomsky
21.9k76694
21.9k76694
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
add a comment |Â
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
Middle-click does not work but apart from that, great answer!
– Bradzzv
May 11 at 14:38
add a comment |Â
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