Public bug reported:
How to regenerate:
1. Open dash and search for gedit
2. Click to open gedit
3. After opening a gedit window, open dash again and search for gedit
4. In gnome shell, icon doesn't show any indicator that another window of gedit
is already running and click on the icon will create a new window
Possible cause:
Installation of gedit create two .desktop file in /usr/share/applications.
(gedit.desktop and org.gnome.gedit.desktop)
Workaround:
1. Delete /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop
2. Edit /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.gedit.desktop and modify
NoDisplay=true to NoDisplay=false
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gedit 3.22.1-1ubuntu1 [modified:
usr/share/applications/org.gnome.gedit.desktop]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Dec 20 01:05:33 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-26 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session
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Gedit always open new window in gnome shell
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