Comment 1 for bug 91784
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| Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote Re: Compiz's "show desktop" functionality differs to Metacity's | #1 |
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It seems Compiz's behaviour is similar to Mac OS's where this function is intended to temporarily reveal the desktop while you do something. Triggering the function again restores all the windows that were previously hidden.
However, we are doing it wrong:
Firstly, the windows are minimised, and their visual effect makes this very apparent. On Mac OS, the windows slide off to the screen edges to make it look as if you are clearing them out of the way of the desktop.
Secondly, the Show Desktop button actually says in its tooltip: "Click here to hide all windows and show the desktop. /Minimize/ visible windows Ctrl+Alt+D".
This is not behaving as it describes. This should be upgraded from Wishlist as a usability bug.