Bug 332899

Summary: Middle mouse click on launcher/app icon in panel should start new instance
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: r.hessel.git
Component: PanelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description r.hessel.git 2014-04-01 13:02:38 UTC 
Where a normal mouse click on a currently open(not necessarily in view) launcher instance brings that current instance to view,
And right click - start new instance launches a new instance. 

The middle mouse click should be a shortcut for "Start New Instance" command. 

Its very nice for usability, especially with dolphin, chrome, etc when you can have tabs open in th same application, but sometimes want a new instance, this makes it a lot quicker to do so. Devs will probably benefit the most. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Middle mouse click on launcher that has an active launcher instance
Actual Results:  
Toggles visibility of launcher instance (same as left mouse click)

Expected Results:  
Open new launcher instance.
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-11-29 13:52:27 UTC 
You can configure what should happen when middle clicking (including starting a new instance) in the applet's settings.