Ubuntu
remmina package

Remmina Lacks Integration With Unity Launcher

Bug #750260 reported by pml
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: remmina

Since remmina will be the default VNC/RDP client for natty and natty uses unity/unity2d, better integration into unity's launcher would be great.

Example: the way thunderbird can be integrated this way: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/unity-launcher-integration/

The right-click menu should offer the functionality of the menu you currently get from the current remmina client applet for the gnome panel.

Another way would be to develop an indicator applet for unity, but I feel the launcher integration is the better solution here.

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Alexi Helligar (alexih) wrote :

This bug makes it impossible to locate minimized sessions when using Remmina. For example, when I connect to a Windows server using RDP then minimize that connection, I am not able to locate or restore the connection. Remmina also prevents me from creating a new connection, since I am already connected. Going to the console on the server and opening the Windows Task Manager shows that the connection is active. I have to close the session from Task Manager in the console before I am able to connect again using Remmina.

Further, when launching Remmina, no icon appears on the Unity Launcher. I also cannot add Remmina to the Unity Launcher.

Changed in remmina (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alexi Helligar (alexih)
summary: - unity launcher integration
+ Remmina Lacks Integration With Unity Launcher
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Mark McCoy (mcking) wrote :

To expand upon Alexi's comment:

Since the Launcher doesn't group the RDP windows for Remmina with the main Remmina launcher window, it isn't obvious how to get to those windows if they are minimized or otherwise hidden by other windows. If you lose track of the Remmina RDP windows, you can get to them by using the alt-tab Task Switcher. It's kind of a pain, since the alt-tab Task Switcher just shows a "default" window icon for minimized Remmina windows, so if you have yours grouped into several windows like I do (dev/test/prod groupings) then it's trial and error until you find the right one.

I think that 2 things need to be done, the right-click launcher interaction described above, as well as making sure that the Launcher and Task Switcher all see the separate RDP windows as Remmina windows so they can be grouped properly. Window snapshots in the Task Switcher would be great, too.

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