Version: (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources Right now, if you launch one application, the menu (either kickoff or the classic one) closes instantly, so if you want to launch, for example, Konqueror and Kopete, wich are side by side, you have to navigate two times through the menu. Is it possible to change this in some way, like some kind of background launch if you middle click the entry? This idea could be valid for Krunner and others as well.
i'm generally not a fan of hidden features, but would be willing to accept a patch for this one as i can't see it getting in the way of anyone.
Then what about also adding an entry to the right click menu to do the same thing, this way it's not completely hidden and people can deduce that there are other ways of launching applications in background and learn about the middle click thing
This is the same thing that I wanted to suggest :) Middle click would be very nice feature.
Created attachment 28709 [details] Allows launching entries with middle click whithout closing the launcher With this patch, kickoff launchs entries with both left and middle mouse buttons. When an entry is `middle-clicked`, kickoff doesn't close automaticaly.
But this doesn't solve all, as launching entries usually mean an application rise and steal focus, and so kickoff closes. And there is still the need for a context menu entry to do the same. I know this one is something to do on contextmenufactory, but can you give me any hint of were to look for solutions to first? Also, any comments on the patch are welcomed as i'm just starting to contribute.
Hi, I'd like to update this wish as recently Ivan Čukić has added this option to Lancelot http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2009/04/21/plasmadataengine-gmail-keep-open-lancelot/ Maybe now it's pretty straightforward to implement it? I've been looking the commit and it's 74 lines, most of witch are for the UI xml. http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=956777 Can I has this cheezeburger, prease?
Holding shift while clicking or middleclicking should remain the menu opened (middleclick is “open a new tab” in webbrowsers, and the current page mostly remains opened, so this would be ok)
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