Win7 Show Desktop

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop

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Description:

v8+ requires KDE 5.12

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:

v11 - April 14 2020 10 months ago

* Restore minimizeall on second click (Issue #15)
* Add config controls for peeking at desktop on hover (Issue #14)
* Add contextmenu item to lock widgets in Plasma 5.18
* Updated Spanish translations by @wuniversales (Issue #16)
* Updated Dutch translations by @Vistaus (Pull Request #17)

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bohdan
23 days ago

10 10 the best

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almi1701
3 months ago

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.

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palacio
3 months ago

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.

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Zren
3 months ago

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

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ithemaster
4 months ago

It fails to install on Kubuntu 20.10

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mirkogennari
4 months ago

10 10 the best

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yar85
5 months ago

10 10 the best

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omano
6 months ago

9 9 excellent

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speedjoe
7 months ago

10 10 the best

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yeyushengfan258
8 months ago

10 10 the best

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leoneiva
10 months ago

Again, i love Win7 Show Desktop!!!!
Truly!

Some ideas, maybe for the future.
More shortcuts(of course an action for each):
- Action on middle click
- Action on key combination - ctrl, alt, shift

-- We will have a lot of possibilities.

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alfystar
10 months ago

10 10 the best
So small, i love minimalistic design <3<3<3

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leoneiva
1 year ago

New plasma does't lock widget. Please, update "Win7 Show Desktop" to remove the edit icon.
Thank you!!!

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leoneiva
1 year ago

10 10 the best

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Jamesjon
1 year ago

Translate to spanish?

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Zren
1 year ago

Just added my translation scripts. If you create an "es.po", I'll put it in the next version.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/tree/master/package/translate#new-translations

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Jamesjon
1 year ago

ok, wuniversales send you a translate pot data.
Regards

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rpgmaker
1 year ago

I can barely see it using Breeze dark but when I place it at the rightmost edge of the panel ala win7 it works perfectly. Maybe you should try to make it look a little bit raised, like the windows one? Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/bMTlfBg

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Zren
1 year ago

In v8 I've made it default to using 40% of the textColor instead of the "button bg/outline color". It'll make the line much easier to see. The reason I didn't do this before was because I drew a rectangle with that color, but now I'm just showing a line on the left (or top) edge. This means the widget can't be used in the left or top corners of the screen, but I doubt people were using it in those locations anyways.

If the color is too bright, you can make it darker (or more transparent).

Making it a "glassy aero button" like win7 would be a bit of work since I haven't tried to do a glassy effect before.

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rpgmaker
1 year ago

It works now, apparently it needed me to restart the DE. Thanks!

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rpgmaker
1 year ago

Thanks, I updated but it looks the same to me...

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ismail0f
1 year ago

9 9 +

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ismail0f
1 year ago

Great addition! I find it more pleasant visually than the icon alternatives.
You could add this to the metadata file, so it shows up in the "Show alternatives" menu of the default applet:
X-Plasma-Provides=org.kde.plasma.windowmanagement
Easier to find, and easier to try

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Zren
1 year ago

Oh neat. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll do a little cleanup of the widget and add that in the next version.

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flappysquirrel
2 years ago

9 If you're new to KDE:

you can hide the settings button of your taskbar in the bottom right corner if you right-click it, then choose "Lock Widgets".

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v11 - April 14 2020 10 months ago

v10 - February 14 2020 1 year ago

* Detect Plasma 5.18's edit mode in order to hide the move icon (Issue #13)
* Add brazilian portuguese translations by @kryptusql (Issue #12)

v9 - November 4 2019 1 year ago

* Fix detecting edit mode in Latte-Dock v8 and v9. Kubuntu 18.04 uses Latte v7, so please use win7showdesktop v7 if you're using that distro.
* Add Dutch translations by @Vistaus (Pull Request #6)

v8 - October 19 2017 1 year ago

* Only show a edge line on the left on a horizontal panel, or the top of the button on a vertical panel.
* Use the desktop theme textColor instead of the buttonBackgroundColor for the edge color.
* 3 colors are now configurable. The edge line color, the hovered color, and the pressed color.
* Enlargen the widget and show a move icon when widgets are unlocked so that it's easier to move or remove the widget.
* Add Spanish translations by @wuniversales (Issue #4)

v7 - September 18 2017 3 years ago

* Configurable width/height
* Add command presets to trigger the various "Present Windows" Desktop Effects.

v6 - December 15 2016 4 years ago

* Update the config so that the command text fields scale to the width of the window.
* Dragging something and hovering the show desktop button will activate show desktop.

. 4 years ago

v5 - July 25 2016

* The click action is now configurable (show desktop / minimize all / run command).
* Add context menu options to show desktop and minimize all windows.

v4 - July 7 2016

* KDE 5.6 and below are not supported in this version of win7showdesktop.
* Fix "Show Desktop" in KDE 5.7.
* Replaced the Volume with UI preset requiring xdotool with a qdbus command.
* Added a Switch desktop preset using qdbus.

v2 - May 13 2016

* First release.

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bohdan Feb 12 2021 10 the best

10 the best

almi1701 Nov 29 2020 9 excellent

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.