Windows - Ability to open new ClickUp instances by right-clicking taskbar icon, and also without having to switch desktop screens to the desktop screen that has ClickUp already open on it
not on the roadmap
Guy Mannerings
Currently, there are 2 issues with ClickUp Desktop for Windows that make it far less usable than the PWA install version:-
1. You can't simply right-click the taskbar icon and open a new instance.
You have to open ClickUp and then go to the menu to open one. This can really slow things down.
2. Which leads in to point 2. - It needs the ability to easily open a new ClickUp instance in the desktop screen you are already on.
Point 1. becomes a problem when you have ClickUp open on different a desktop screen than the one you are on (as you can have multiple desktop instances on both Windows and Mac, using Windows Key+Tab on Windows).
ClickUp does not focus on/move to the desktop screen it is already open in, so you have to manually find it to then open a new instance, to then move that instance to the desktop screen you were previously on.
It would be far easier if a new instance just opened in the desktop instance you are already on, like the PWA version does.
Note: It is annoying when some apps switch desktop screens to the one the app is already open on before opening a new instance. OneNote for Windows 10 does this, and it is really annoying, especially when you have many desktops open. But it is better than not being able to open a new instance quickly at all.
The best approach is for a new instance to just open right there in the desktop you are already on, regardless of if ClickUp Desktop is already open on another desktop screen.
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Joey
not on the roadmap
Hey there! Thanks for sharing your feature request with us. We truly appreciate your input!
As part of our efforts to improve our feedback boards, we're closing this older feature request.
Removing old and inactive posts will increase the communication between the ClickUp team and our users, allowing us to hear more of your great ideas!
If you feel this request is worth revisiting, feel free to create a new post!
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James Daniel
Agree. OneNote for Win 10 behaviour in this regard is not something you want to be copying. It's highly disruptive, particularly when Windows doesn't provide an "undo" for the random screen group change you just invoked (without really meaning to). Now where was I? ...
The closest approx to acceptable without help from the app is to designate the app window as "Show this window on all desktops". This is not a good workaround. It saves you from the random screen group switches but the price is that you can't have different app instances open in different screen groups doing specific things for those contexts. That's rather a shame, because IMO the
point
of the screen groups feature is to have different instances in different groups doing different things for those contexts...