[Lazarus] Lazarus on Ubuntu 18 does not restore all minimized windows with the main window

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:53:36 +0200, John Landmesser via lazarus
<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>Am 12.04.20 um 11:45 schrieb Bo Berglund via lazarus:
>> I have installed FPC 3.0.4/Lazarus 2.0.6 from sources retrieved by SVN
>> onto a repurposed HP EliteBook 8440w laptop where I have installed
>> Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.
>>
>> Lazarus starts up OK and I can build an application, which I have
>> created in Windows (project sources retrieved via SVN onto the
>> laptop). Things seem to work pretty well, if not perfect.
>>
>> However I have been annoyed by one thing that is really disturbing:
>>
>> If I minimize Lazarus using the minimize button in the upper right
>> corner of the main window (where the menu and all component tabs are)
>> then all other windows are also minimized as expected.
>> But if I restore the main window by clicking on its placeholder in the
>> bottom bar, then ONLY that window appears, all others remain minimized
>> and I have to click on each and every of these to get them back.
>>
>> What have I missed here? Is there a setting I have overlooked?
>>
>> I have never seen this in Windows and also not on RaspberryPi with
>> Raspbian Wheezy-Jessie-Pixel-Buster. All have worked the same as on
>> Windows in this respect.
>>

 Changing from top- to bottom-posting to make it more readable..

>I use /lazarus/components/anchordocking/design/anchordockingdsgn.lpk and
>there is in Kontextmenue of minimized App "restore all"
>
>Perhaps useful ?!!
>

Well, I don't know...

The way Lazarus works now is like Delphi7 used to work and I was put
off when they introduced Delphi2006, with the integrated window where
the components panel disappeared too. I suspect that the anchordocking
does just what D2006 did?

I just wondered why in Ubuntu the minimize-restore operation does not
work when it does on Windows and Raspbian...

Especially if there is a user setting I have overlooked somewhere?


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden