KDE: keyboard shortcut to show desktop?

[Rui Maciel]

Does KDE support any keyboard shortcut to show the desktop or to minimize
all windows? I've searched for it and I failed to find it.


Thanks for the help,
Rui Maciel

[Kenny McCormack]

Post by Rui Maciel
Does KDE support any keyboard shortcut to show the desktop or to minimize
all windows? I've searched for it and I failed to find it.

In Microsoft Windows, it is WindowsKey/D.

Have you tried that?

[notbob]

Post by Kenny McCormack
In Microsoft Windows, it is WindowsKey/D.
Have you tried that?

Are you a moron?

nb

[Harald Meyer]

Post by notbob

Post by Kenny McCormack
In Microsoft Windows, it is WindowsKey/D.
Have you tried that?

Are you a moron?

Not necessarily. Would be easier for former Windows users to
use the same key, as GNOME does.

(According to Google it's Ctrl-F12 on KDE 4)

[Rui Maciel]

Post by Harald Meyer
Not necessarily. Would be easier for former Windows users to
use the same key, as GNOME does.
(According to Google it's Ctrl-F12 on KDE 4)

During my search I've also stumbled on that info but since it didn't
worked I suspected that something wasn't working properly. After a bit of
digging I've found this:

http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/unassigned-bugs/2009-August/010156.html


Rui Maciel

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by Rui Maciel

Post by Harald Meyer
Not necessarily. Would be easier for former Windows users to
use the same key, as GNOME does.
(According to Google it's Ctrl-F12 on KDE 4)

During my search I've also stumbled on that info but since it didn't
worked I suspected that something wasn't working properly. After a bit of
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/unassigned-bugs/2009-August/010156.html

That's for hiding/showing the dashboard (aka panel).

By default, there is no key assigned to show the desktop. If you want
one, run systemsettings, select keyboard & mouse, then then the
global keyboard shortcuts. Use the dropdown box for kde component to
select kwin. Enter "show" (without the quotes) in the search.
Click on Show Desktop. Select the radio button for custom. Click
on the None button, and enter the keyboard combo you want to use.
Click on apply in the bottom right, and close systemsettings.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[Rui Maciel]

Post by David W. Hodgins
That's for hiding/showing the dashboard (aka panel).

Not quite. The plasma dashboard is KDE4's desktop, while a panel is a
toolbox where you can place widgets, which by default it comes with the K
menu, the task manager and the system tray. Taken from the following URL:

http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.0/desktop.php

Plasma is KDE's new desktop shell

Plasma's dashboard view replaces the old "Show Desktop"
feature. Enabling the dashboard hides all windows and puts the widgets in
front of them.

Post by David W. Hodgins
By default, there is no key assigned to show the desktop.

That's odd. The "Press CONTROL+F12 to show the dashboard view" feature is
mentioned in a hand full of places in KDE's site. What forced the KDE
team to abandon the ctrl+F12 keyboard shortcut?


Rui Maciel

[Stan Bischof]

Post by notbob

Post by Kenny McCormack
In Microsoft Windows, it is WindowsKey/D.
Have you tried that?

Are you a moron?

Who knows? I think though that if you read the thread carefully
Kenny may be implying that since KDE/Gnome do everything they can to
clone Windows interface it may well be that this behavior
is also implemented as it is in Windows.

Stan

[Kenny McCormack]

Post by Stan Bischof

Post by notbob

Post by Kenny McCormack
In Microsoft Windows, it is WindowsKey/D.
Have you tried that?

Are you a moron?

Who knows? I think though that if you read the thread carefully
Kenny may be implying that since KDE/Gnome do everything they can to
clone Windows interface it may well be that this behavior
is also implemented as it is in Windows.
Stan

Yes, give the man a cigar!

Clearly, corporate America, intent on reducing computer usage/programming
down to the point where it can be performed by people with 8th grade
educations, doesn't want more than one user interface floating around. You
know, training costs, and all that.

So, it was clear to me, from the outset of KDE/Gnome, that the intent was to
clone Windows. So, yes, it makes perfect sense for the "hot keys" to be the
same, too, to as great a degree as is possible.

[notbob]

Post by Rui Maciel
Does KDE support any keyboard shortcut to show the desktop or to minimize
all windows? I've searched for it and I failed to find it.

It's cuz you didn't look fer crap.

For KDE 3.5, the functions already exist, but you gotta add the panel icon.

Keyboard:
Actions > Settings > Regional & Accessability > Keyboard Shortcuts >
Panel > Toggle Showing Desktop = Alt+Ctrl+D

Panel Icon:
Right click on panel > Add Applet to panel... > Show desktop

For KDE 4, yer on yer own. Anyway, thanks for the push. I always
wondered and never knew. Now we both know. ;)

nb

[Balwinder S Dheeman]

Post by notbob

Post by Rui Maciel
Does KDE support any keyboard shortcut to show the desktop or to minimize
all windows? I've searched for it and I failed to find it.

It's cuz you didn't look fer crap.
For KDE 3.5, the functions already exist, but you gotta add the panel icon.
Actions > Settings > Regional & Accessability > Keyboard Shortcuts >
Panel > Toggle Showing Desktop = Alt+Ctrl+D

Wow! It worked for XFCE4 also :)

Post by notbob
Right click on panel > Add Applet to panel... > Show desktop
For KDE 4, yer on yer own. Anyway, thanks for the push. I always
wondered and never knew. Now we both know. ;)

[notbob]

Post by Balwinder S Dheeman
Wow! It worked for XFCE4 also :)

Great. Like I always say, ya' jes gotta be smarter than the tool. ;)

nb