Tip Of The Day : Add The Show Desktop Widget To The Panel And Configure Keyboard Shortcut To Minimize All Windows - KDE 4.3.3
How to configure keyboard short cut to minimze all windows on KDE 4.3.3 on Fedora
Having the Show Desktop button on the panel is something everyone would want. If you are unable to find the settings follow the instructions below.
1. Install the kdeplasma-addons package.
# yum install kdeplasma-addons -y
2. Add the Show Desktop widget to the panel.
- Click the Cashew button on the panel - the rightmost corner button
- Click Add Widgets
- Click Show Desktop
- Click Add Widget
You should now have the Show Desktop button on the panel.
3. Configure keyboard short cut for the Show Desktop button
- Right click the Show Desktop button on the panel
- Click Show Desktop Settings
- Click the keyboard short cut selection area. By default, it will be set to none. The text input... appears.
- Type your keyboard short cut. I chose CTRL+ALD+D
- Click Ok
You should be all set now.
In KDE version 4.4 there will be a show desktop short cut. For now this is the workaround.
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