*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 681348 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681348
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and is a duplicate of bug 681348, so is being marked as such. Any
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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 681348
Build "show me the desktop" mini-app that adds a show desktop button to
Launcher
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067802
Title:
Unity is Missing a Show Desktop BUTTON
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Although Unity offers a keyboard-shortcut (super-D) as a means of
"showing your desktop" (minimizing all windows at once), it does not
provide a MOUSE-CLICKABLE-BUTTON, that Users have come to expect from
their desktop.
Keyboard-shortcuts are efficient, but they are not intuitive for new
users of Unity, and having a MOUSE-CLICKABLE-BUTTON is very convenient
when you are mousing (without both hands on the keyboard).
Furthermore, (although some people think Window 7 doesn't have a show
desktop button) Window 7 still provides a show-desktop-button; it is a
small rectangle to the right of the clock. So I hope Windows 7's
discreetness isn't what lead the Unity designers to think that there
is some type of trend toward not having a show-desktop-BUTTON.
Unity's "Workspace Switcher" is helpful for locating the windows of
running applications, but it doesn't not replace the functionality of
a show-desktop-button in the event that your needing to quickly access
a file or launcher that has been saved to the desktop itself.
Personally, I'd like to see a show-desktop-button added to the bottom
of the Unity-Task-Bar.
However, another option for a mouse-click-way of showing the desktop
(that is more elegant, but with more steps) is to add the "show
desktop" option to the context menu of the Workspace Switcher.
This is something that could be quickly added before the 12.10 release
( http://www.ubuntu.com/community/countdown )! After that, more time
can be given (later) to designing an elegant button for 13.04.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Wed Oct 17 11:20:47 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (12 days ago)
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