Bug 270286 - Launcher: ability to launch multiple instances
Summary: Launcher: ability to launch multiple instances
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: widget-taskbar (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2011-04-07 07:47 UTC by Dotan Cohen
Modified: 2016-06-16 23:43 UTC (History)
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Description Dotan Cohen 2011-04-07 07:47:54 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) 
OS:                Linux

The KDE 4.6 taskbar lets the user add launchers. However, one can only launch a single instance of an application with it. Some applications, such as Dolphin or Firefox, are handy to have multiple instances of. Please add the ability to launch an additional instance of a running application.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2011-04-07 07:49:30 UTC 
Some ideas for the UI to open a new instance:
1) Context (right-click) menu
2) Middle-clicking
3) Double-clicking
4) Something else?
Comment 2 Todd 2011-07-31 06:43:39 UTC 
Middle-clicking is already used for expanding groups.  Double-clicking seems poorly-discoverable.  So I would say right-click menu would be best.
Comment 3 Vladimir Berezhnoy 2011-10-29 19:17:14 UTC 
Windows uses shift+click for exactly same purpose, so having this combination would be handy and consistent. Anyway <mod>+click does nothing at the moment.
Comment 4 Eike Hein 2016-06-16 23:43:37 UTC 
Options for this are available in Plasma 5.