Bug 197952

Summary:	a hotkey to minimize everything except active window
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	keisangi <anarchic.teapot>
Component:	effects-window-management	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description keisangi 2009-06-26 12:44:00 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

it would be nice to have a hotkey to minimize all windows except the active one..
when you have lots of opened windows and want to focus on one window in particular, having a hotkey to minimize all but active window..

also it would be cool to have grouping options, like in compiz.
say i group 3 or 4 dolphin windows, and then i press the hotkey
everything would get minimized except the 4 dolphin windows..

tnx for your time.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-09-29 23:54:53 UTC

I've periodically wanted this too. Kind of like a "focus on only the current app" action.

Comment 2 ratijas 2021-07-06 07:57:53 UTC

For the reference, OS X used to have this feature. Besides, there are separate shortcuts for
- Hide
- Hide others
- Minimize
- Minimize all (others?)

Those are good ones for productivity.