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

Question

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.

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 04 '12 at 05:15

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

edited Mar 04 '12 at 05:15

Jorge Castro

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answered Dec 03 '10 at 18:57

htorque

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score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 12:12

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Click the launcher with the middle mousebutton.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 12:12

Bazon

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 04 '10 at 16:55

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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.

answered Nov 04 '10 at 16:55

david

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 04 '10 at 15:30

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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

answered Nov 04 '10 at 15:30

burli

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 01 '11 at 13:20

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

answered May 01 '11 at 13:20

Rinzwind

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 04 '12 at 05:13

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

answered Mar 04 '12 at 05:13

Andy Castille

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

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