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This is a screenshot of my dock bar on the left in Ubuntu 22.04:

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There is a small green arrow on the left of the "Files" application because a nautilus window is actually opened.

But no such arrow is present nearby the Firefox icon, even so I do have a Firefox window which is opened. So, if I click on that icon, it tries to open a new Firefox window (without any success), where it should show up my already opened windows (which it actually doesn't).

Is there anything I can do to fix this? It seems to only happen with Firefox.

Info:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release:    22.04
Codename:   jammy

$ gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 42.0


$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
wayland


$ uname -mor
5.15.0-25-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

More:

$ sudo apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
s.k
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A much simpler solution is to:

  1. Open Activities & search for Firefox
  2. Drag the icon to the Dock again

This doesn’t appear to create a second icon, but it does seem to update the Dock so that it shows an indicator.

This problem appeared after upgrading from 20.04.

I’m not a big fan of forced snaps, but this isn’t my main PC, so minimising PPAs means less maintenance in the long run.

Moilleadóir
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Simply close the application (end process, not kill) and then start it up again. it will (in my case) ask you whether or not to restore the previous session. If you confirm, it will (in my case) restart all previously open windows with all previously open tabs and display the correct number of blue dots on the dock. Feel free to check and comment.

Walter Isler
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