Bug 1308665 - Shift+Click on switcher button to open a new window
Summary: Shift+Click on switcher button to open a new window
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: evolution
Version: 28
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Milan Crha
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-02-15 17:17 UTC by Van de Bugger
Modified: 2018-05-18 06:49 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: evolution-3.28.3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2018-05-18 06:49:45 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Van de Bugger 2016-02-15 17:17:22 UTC
Evolution main window contains pane of switcher buttons: Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos. Click on a switcher button opens a selected tool in the current window. Shift+Click and Ctrl+Click do the same.

I propose a small improvement. In a web browser, Shift+Click on a link opens link in a new window, Ctrl+Click opens a link in a new tab. It would be nice to have similar behavior in Evolution: Shift+Click on a switcher button leaves current window intact but opens a selected tool in a new window.

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Comment 4 Milan Crha 2017-11-07 08:05:32 UTC
Thanks for a bug report (and keeping it alive). There is is middle-mouse-button-click for this purpose, implemented for quite some time. Would it work for you, please?

Comment 5 Van de Bugger 2017-11-09 00:15:26 UTC
Thanks, I did not know it. However, my idea was to use the same shortcuts as Firefox (and Chromium):

middle click     opens a new tab
ctrl+left click  opens a new tab
shift+left click opens a new window

(<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mouse-shortcuts-perform-common-tasks>.) 

Of course, opening a new tab is not applicable to Evolution, but opening a new window by shift+left click does.

Comment 6 Milan Crha 2017-11-09 06:14:04 UTC
Sure, consistency is good to have. You can use the middle-click as a workaround for now.

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lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a
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Comment 8 Milan Crha 2018-05-18 06:49:45 UTC
I'm sorry, I completely forgot of this request. I made it work for the next release:

Created commit cc783f32f7 in evo master (3.29.2+) [1]
Created commit bee55f3a32 in evo gnome-3-28 (3.28.3+)

[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=cc783f32f7


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