[ndiddy]

There are several submitted patches that add this functionality on the bug report but Gnome developers have not merged them. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141154&

[stjohnswarts]

Maybe they were just trying to get a stable 40.0 and will add in 40.1 ?

[Qub3d]

If you look at the report time, this has been a known issue since 2004. This suggests the Devs have been ignoring or kicking the can down the road for over 15 years.