Re: Which function is called when an app is selected in AppDisplay by hitting the return key?

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

That's because it's a search result. It doesn't activate the button in
that case, it calls activateResult on the search provider.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Bazon Bloch <bazonbloch arcor de> wrote:
> Am 25.09.2012 18:01, schrieb Florian Müllner:
>
>> The 'button-press' event is only used for the context menu, activation
>> is handled in response to the 'clicked' event; that event is emitted
>> when clicking the StButton (click == button-press + button-release
>> using the same mouse button). Typing Return/Enter while the StButton
>> has keyboard focus will emulate a click with the left mouse button.
>>
> The strange thing is:
> There is a difference between left click with mouse and hitting the return
> key! Just as the user calebtom87 reported here
> https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/440/workspace-separation-on-dash/ ...
>
> If you are interested: Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Install
> https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/440/workspace-separation-on-dash/ (if
> you're not running Gnome-Shell 3.4 you can try this version with increased
> compatibility in metadata.json:
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12168886/gnome-shell/workspace_separation_on_dash%40bazonbloch.arcor.de.zip
> )
>
> 2. Open e.g. gedit on first workspace
>
> 3. Change to second or any other workspace
>
> 4. Hit super and start typing "gedit"
>
> 5. (a) Click gedit with your mouse. Result: A new instance of gedit is
> opened on your current workspace, just as overwritten by the "workspace
> separation on dash" extension. (in function _onActivate(event))
>
> 5. (b) Hit Return while gedit is focussed. Result: You are taken back to the
> opened instance of gedit on the first workspace, so the overwritten function
> in "workspace separation on dash" isn't used.
>
> So my question, in order to fulfill the user request:
> What can I do to make case 5(b) like case 5(a)....
>
>
> thanks
> Bazon
>
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  Jasper