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Is there a Unity equivalent of the GNOME panel 'show desktop' applet?

Asked by melodram

i miss the icon to show the desktop with just one click in 11.04.

is there a possibility to get the "show desktop"-app into the unity-panel?

thx

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José Lou Chang (obake) said : 		#1

It seems that the Ayatana Team is thinking of how to deal with this.
But, for now, we can use the Workspace Switcher to move to a new empty Workspce.

The shortcut for Workspace Switcher for English computers are Super key + S

The bug report about this problem can be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/681348

You can add yourself in the list of affected people by clicking on "This bug affects N people. Does this bug affect you?
and then click on "Yes, it affects me"

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José Lou Chang (obake) said : 		#2

Mlaverdiere provided a workaround for this in comment#24.

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"OK, using compizconfig-settings-manager (available via apt-get), the solution (well, workaround...) is quite easy. It's possible to assign a screen side/corner to the "show desktop" function, the same way as the super-d key combinations is. So, it's quite easy to use the mouse to clear all windows and get to the desktop (and vice-versa). There's some extra Compiz plugins (also available via apt-get) to further tweak the effects, etc.

For more info, see: http://wiki.compiz.org/GeneralOptions "

I hope that helps.

Cheers!

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