Bug 874543 - Starting application on non-active workspace doesn't work correctly
Summary: Starting application on non-active workspace doesn't work correctly
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-08 12:16 UTC by Petr Schindler
Modified: 2014-02-05 12:54 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-02-05 12:54:42 UTC
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Description Petr Schindler 2012-11-08 12:16:00 UTC
Description of problem:
This problem seems to appear only when using two monitors (laptop with monitor connected).

When I drag&drop application to an empty workspace (in activities menu) this application starts on active (current) workspace instead.

For example, when I have one workspace with application active. I go to activities drag&drop new app to empty workspace, new workspace is created on the bottom. But workspace, where I put app disappears and app is started on active (used) workspace.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.6.1-3.fc18.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to activities
2. drag&drop some app on empty workspace
  
Actual results:
application is started on the active workspace

Expected results:
application is started on workspace where I put it

Additional info:

Comment 1 Gerard Ryan 2012-11-09 01:07:53 UTC
This is possibly a different bug, but I'm getting mixed results with dragging applications to non-current workspaces.

Some applications work fine (e.g. gnome-terminal, xchat) - multiple instances can be opened on different workspaces by dragging from the dash.

Other applications always open in active workspace (filezilla, hotot).

Nautilus is an even odder case: the first instance of it opens on the expected workspace (the one that it's dragged to), but all subsequent attempts to create new nautilus windows on inactive workspaces will result in the new window being created and added to the active workspace.

Comment 2 Gerard Ryan 2012-11-09 01:12:43 UTC
This is possibly a different bug, but I'm getting mixed results with dragging applications to non-current workspaces.

Some applications work fine (e.g. gnome-terminal, xchat) - multiple instances can be opened on different workspaces by dragging from the dash.

Other applications always open in active workspace (filezilla, hotot).

Nautilus is an even odder case: the first instance of it opens on the expected workspace (the one that it's dragged to), but all subsequent attempts to create new nautilus windows on inactive workspaces will result in the new window being created and added to the active workspace.

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