Unity button question

[ontwowheels]

Unity is growing on me so I am not a hater....lol

Question, is there a way that when I click on a Unity button, it will launch "another" window if one of that program is already running? Example: I click the home button and I get Nautilus, now I click home again because I want a second Nautilus window to drag and drop some files. Clicking on the button a second time only brings the active window forward, does not launch a second. Same for Firefox.

[ivanovnegro]

This is now a feature. :)

[ontwowheels]

This is now a feature. :)

Ahhhh, a feature. Can I turn off this feature? :)

[Elfy]

I think I read that clicking with the middle button would launch a new instance of things.

I'm very possibly wrong though.

[ivanovnegro]

I know with the terminal its possible, right click on it and open new window, for the rest Im not sure, dont use Unity, but I think forestpiskie could be right, maybe I heard something like this with the middle click.

[ontwowheels]

I think I read that clicking with the middle button would launch a new instance of things.

I'm very possibly wrong though.

Well dang...I'll give that a try, thanks for the input. I'll try this evening, don't have access to my Ubuntu box at the moment.

[Krytarik]

Yeah, middle-click, or alternatively a sequence of keys:
http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/04/multiple-instances-of-same-application.html

Or adding custom quicklist items:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/35488/list-of-custom-launchers-quicklists-for-unity

Some of these will most probably be included in 11.10 by default:
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-o/meeting/desktop-o-default-apps-unity-integration/

Greetings.

[ontwowheels]

I think I read that clicking with the middle button would launch a new instance of things.

I'm very possibly wrong though.

Middle clicked worked....it's magic!!!!

[tepples]

Yeah, middle-click, or alternatively a sequence of keys:
http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/04/multiple-instances-of-same-application.html
Laptop users can't use middle click without carrying and plugging in an external mouse. Therefore, laptop users must rely on Alt+F1, but how would a laptop user discover Alt+F1 in the first place?

[Krytarik]

Laptop users can't use middle click without carrying and plugging in an external mouse. Therefore, laptop users must rely on Alt+F1, but how would a laptop user discover Alt+F1 in the first place?
Hey, I am using a trackball, so I, too, don't have a middle-click button (ok, at least I could remap one of its buttons ;-)).

Please see this just added post on how to emulate the middle-click, to avoid such a key-heavy operation as described in the other post (added link to those):
http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/06/emulate-middle-click.html

Greetings.

[HotShotDJ]

Whats wrong with File -> New Window in the currently open Nautilus window?