command to minimize all the windows

rosariowong · 09-10-2004, 02:20 PM

we use an icon to minimize all the windows, but who knows the command of this icon, the command to minimize all windows open?

sether · 09-10-2004, 07:38 PM

in both kde and gnome, the keyboard shortcut is ctrl+alt+D. i don't know of a command for that, but you might want to check out the doc pages for your specific desktop environment or window manager.

jspaar · 09-12-2004, 11:00 PM

In gnome, clicking the Show Desktop buttton doesn't cause a seperate program to be run. It invokes code within the gnome-panel that sends a hint to the window manager (_NET_SHOWING_DESKTOP). The window manager then minimizes the windows (if it supports that hint, like metacity does).

See: http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards...html#id2503313

It would be quite possible to write a seperate program to do this, but I don't happen to know of an existing one.