MySQL Bugs: #84899: MySQL Workbench does not quit after last tab is closed

Bug #84899	MySQL Workbench does not quit after last tab is closed
Submitted:	8 Feb 2017 20:43	Modified:	9 Feb 2017 8:57
Reporter:	Jonathan Shyman	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	6.3.9	OS:	MacOS
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	quit tabs

Description:
Clicking the close button (x) on the upper-left of the Workbench screen does not quit the app; it minimizes it.

How to repeat:
Open MySQL Workbench
Click the close button (x) in the top-left, right below the Apple menu
App minimizes to Dock instead of quitting

Suggested fix:
App should quit when closed or there should at least be an option to quit the app if the x is clicked.

Thank you for the bug report. Sorry but that's the behavior I noticed on last MAC OS's now Sierra if I want to quit actually an application I need to use command Q or from main menu drop menu Quit (Application) the application doesn't go to the dock like the yellow button does but if you use command+tab you see the application and it remains in the main menu. Please check iTunes too. Thanks.

Please read: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3826532?tstart=0. Thanks.

Thanks for the comment.

Interesting that some applications do quit when closed and others do not.

MySQL Workbench 6.1.7, for example, does quit when closed as did 6.3.8. This is why I opened a bug report.

If this is expected behavior though, due to the changes to make this compatible with mocOS Sierra or is a new design paradigm, I can understand.

Thanks.

Probably a change in the APIs for macOS. I'm sure we can do something about that. Miguel, please mark this report verified etc.

Thank you for the feedback.

https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=85974 marked as duplicate of this one.

Just to be clear:

There is nothing inherently wrong with this behavior. Lots of Mac Apps work this way. All the app's windows are closed, but the app itself remains open.

Just to name a few: Mail, Calendar, Terminal, Slack all work like this.

The problem with Workbench is: there's no way of opening the main Workbench window again.

So, my suggestion is to either:

1. Quit Workbench when Close button clicked

--- OR ---

2. Bring back the main Workbench window (or dashboard) when user clicks the Workbench icon in the dock.

I know this bug is old, but I'd like to report that it is still happening for me on version 8.0.34 with MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1 on a MacBook Pro M2. If I minimize the window, everything is fine. But if I close the window, then clicking on the Dock icon does nothing. The app becomes completely inaccessible. I have to force close MySQL Workbench in order to start it again.