Description: A fork of the default plasmoid but removes the icon and looks like a flat thin button. Can be configured to minimize all windows instead of "peaking" at the desktop, or to run a command. Scrolling over the button changes the volume, switch desktop, or any other command.
* Can be configured to minimize all windows instead of "peaking" at the desktop, or to run a command. * Scrolling overtop the button controls the volume, or switch desktop, or any other command.Last changelog:
v13 - August 16 2023
* Change default size from `3px` to `8px` (Issue #20) * Workaround the Plasma Exectuable DataEngine's "rate limiting" where a command can only run one at a time. Wheel to control volume should be better as it no longer waits for the previous `qdbus` command to finish. * Add a couple fr/ar translations from KDE. Update i18n scripts.
Minimize all windows option didn't work in Kubuntu 23.04. Here's the workaround.
Enable MinimizeAll KWin Script by going to System Settings > Window Management > KWin Scripts. Check MinimizeAll (https://i.imgur.com/u0YpMrT.png)
Configure the Win7 Show Desktop to run the following command:
qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin invokeShortcut "MinimizeAll"
(https://i.imgur.com/sVw0Asj.png)
Not working in KDE Plasma 5.23.4.
Widget not maintained for 2 years. It seems that this is what ZREN knows how to do best: projects that it abandons after a very short time.
Hmmm, looks like I patched the margins for Plasma 5.21 but never got around to releasing it. Looks like I got sidetracked when updating the translations before the release.
https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/commits/master
9I would give this a 10/10 if you intend to use it exactly as one would the desktop peek button in Windows. I love this widget, I'm glad I found it, but there's a couple things which I would love to see added (such as choosing whether the peek button has a border on left or right in the gui configuration menu). I love that I can make the button run any command, so i have it configured to show my desktop grid – no more extra wide pagers taking up screen space! I wish it were also possible to assign any command to the hover option. But if all you want is a tool that does one thing only and one thing well, this is it.
Pressing the mouse button on the applet but releasing it outside of the applet area has the effect of alternating its functionality from showing the desktop to showing the applications and viceversa
Setting the click effect to "Minimize All Windows" is very buggy. Sometimes it minimizes all windows fine but on a second click it shows them briefly and hides them again, instead of showing windows back. Now, at the moment of writing this report, setting that option behaves as "Show Desktop" for some reason. The "Minimize All Windows" contextual menu entry works as expected.
Using version 11.
For me, it appears to be switching to another virtual desktop with the "last unminized window". I also experience this bug with the default minimizeall widget. Do you also experience your bug with that widget too?
https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/issues/18
Ratings & Comments
56 Comments
Please, port to KDE 6. Thanks
Plasma 6 widget has been uploaded: https://store.kde.org/p/2151247/
10 I'm also wandering if this extremely useful plasmoid will be ported in Plasma 6. Thanks anyway for your great job ;)
Plasma 6 widget has been uploaded: https://store.kde.org/p/2151247/
hello mate i use this on my distribution i created i was wondering if you could make it for plasma 6.0
Plasma 6 widget has been uploaded: https://store.kde.org/p/2151247/
9 ( Forgot to rate )
Minimize all windows option didn't work in Kubuntu 23.04. Here's the workaround. Enable MinimizeAll KWin Script by going to System Settings > Window Management > KWin Scripts. Check MinimizeAll (https://i.imgur.com/u0YpMrT.png) Configure the Win7 Show Desktop to run the following command: qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin invokeShortcut "MinimizeAll" (https://i.imgur.com/sVw0Asj.png)
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10 10 the best
verey good update
1 Another garbage.
Not working in KDE Plasma 5.23.4. Widget not maintained for 2 years. It seems that this is what ZREN knows how to do best: projects that it abandons after a very short time.
Hmmm, looks like I patched the margins for Plasma 5.21 but never got around to releasing it. Looks like I got sidetracked when updating the translations before the release. https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/commits/master
10 best
10 10 the best
9 I would give this a 10/10 if you intend to use it exactly as one would the desktop peek button in Windows. I love this widget, I'm glad I found it, but there's a couple things which I would love to see added (such as choosing whether the peek button has a border on left or right in the gui configuration menu). I love that I can make the button run any command, so i have it configured to show my desktop grid – no more extra wide pagers taking up screen space! I wish it were also possible to assign any command to the hover option. But if all you want is a tool that does one thing only and one thing well, this is it.
Pressing the mouse button on the applet but releasing it outside of the applet area has the effect of alternating its functionality from showing the desktop to showing the applications and viceversa Setting the click effect to "Minimize All Windows" is very buggy. Sometimes it minimizes all windows fine but on a second click it shows them briefly and hides them again, instead of showing windows back. Now, at the moment of writing this report, setting that option behaves as "Show Desktop" for some reason. The "Minimize All Windows" contextual menu entry works as expected. Using version 11.
For me, it appears to be switching to another virtual desktop with the "last unminized window". I also experience this bug with the default minimizeall widget. Do you also experience your bug with that widget too? https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/issues/18
It fails to install on Kubuntu 20.10
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10 10 the best
9 9 excellent
10 10 the best