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htorque
Asked: 2010-11-05 07:16:22 +0800 CST

How do I start a second instance of a program from Unity's launcher?

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It's all in the title.

Eg. if I have a gnome-terminal opened and I click on the gnome-terminal launcher icon, the running terminal will focus and no new instance will pop-up. Also, there is no item in the launcher icon's quicklist that would allow me to start a second instance of the program.

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  1. Best Answer

    You now can start a new instance via a middle clicking on the launcher icon.

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  2. Click the launcher with the middle mousebutton.

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  3. At the moment, the only possibility to start a second instance, is using the Applications view, in the sidebar or the Ubuntulogo at the top.

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  4. If you want a second Instance of the terminal you must select "New Terminal" in the File Menu from gnome-terminal. It's similar with Nautilus. But (currently) it's not possible to start more than one instance from the Launcher

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  5. cntrl shift N opens a 2nd terminal where I have a terminal focused and cntrl D closes a termimal

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  6. Right-click on it's running launcher icon and choose New Window.

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