Bug 167644

Summary:	Alt+tab to show desktop
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Björn <plonkistan>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	greg87, heri+kde, jowenn, kontakt, o.xixu
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Björn 2008-07-29 09:53:31 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

When pressing alt+tab, it would be useful if one of the entries was "Show desktop". Especially now that the desktop is more than just a collection of files, it would be nice to have an easy way to access it (that does not require learning a new keyboard shortcut).

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2008-07-29 11:35:26 UTC

So do I get it right that switchting to the desktop via alt+tab is the same as "minimize all windows"? Or would you want that the daschboard is opened?

Comment 2 Björn 2008-07-29 15:41:40 UTC

IMHO, it could be the same as "minimize all windows".

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2009-04-26 09:35:02 UTC

*** Bug 181097 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Martin Flöser 2009-08-04 09:08:24 UTC

*** Bug 181620 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Martin Flöser 2010-03-07 18:15:23 UTC

*** Bug 229842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Martin Flöser 2010-03-10 15:43:25 UTC

*** Bug 230203 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Dennis Schridde 2010-03-10 16:39:07 UTC

Copied over from bug #230203:
The switch-windows functionality (Alt+Tab) should (optionaly) include
switch-to-desktop.

Usecase:
Having no window-list in the controlbar works fine, since you can also easily
use Alt+Tab for that. But only as long as you do not need to switch to the
"desktop", which happens fairly often in a netbook-like setup.

Comment 8 Martin Flöser 2010-03-19 11:15:21 UTC

SVN commit 1105144 by graesslin:

Add optional desktop entry to alt+tab for minimizing all windows (show desktop).
FEATURE: 167644

 M  +9 -0      kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.cpp  
 M  +15 -5     kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.ui  
 M  +6 -0      kcmkwin/kwintabbox/previewhandlerimpl.cpp  
 M  +1 -0      kcmkwin/kwintabbox/previewhandlerimpl.h  
 M  +21 -0     tabbox.cpp  
 M  +1 -0      tabbox.h  
 M  +6 -0      tabbox/clientmodel.cpp  
 M  +13 -0     tabbox/tabboxconfig.cpp  
 M  +11 -0     tabbox/tabboxconfig.h  
 M  +4 -0      tabbox/tabboxhandler.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1105144