For users of Xfce.

stf92 · 02-14-2013, 11:42 PM

Xfce 4.10

Hi: In some desktop enviroments there is a button by pressing which all open windows minimize. I cannot find a similar way of simultaneously minimizing all windows and letting only the desktop. Is there one?

D1ver · 02-14-2013, 11:49 PM

Apparently it's ctrl+alt+d. You can change it to whatever you want by going to settings->window manager, then the keyboard tab. It's 'show desktop' towards the bottom.

stf92 · 02-15-2013, 12:10 AM

Unbelievable!

D1ver · 02-15-2013, 12:14 AM

Yea that keyboard bindings menu almost deserves it's own icon IMO.. I recently found out XFCE 4.10 can tile windows if you go in there and keybind the 'tile window left/right' entries. A few other handy ones in there too!

kikinovak · 02-15-2013, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by stf92

Xfce 4.10

Hi: In some desktop enviroments there is a button by pressing which all open windows minimize. I cannot find a similar way of simultaneously minimizing all windows and letting only the desktop. Is there one?

I'm not sure about the right denomination (since my Xfce is in french), but basically it's right click on any panel > Add to panel > Show desktop. There you have the same little icon as in Windows, where you can toggle the display of all windows.

cwizardone · 02-15-2013, 09:24 AM

Took me a moment to understand, but Kikinovak, in the message just above, beat me to it. As Kikinovak said, it is a plug-in for the panel called "Show Desktop" that accomplishes the same thing. One click and the desktop is clean, another click and the desktop is restored.