Re: [PATCH] Double-clicking on desktop background brings desktop up-front

["Mike Rooney" <mrooney gmail com>]

Hi Nelson,

I had actually never thought of this before (does any other OS
implement this?), but after hearing about it, it does sound like a
nice, intuitive behavior, at least once you are aware of it.

Does nautilus always (or typically) manage the desktop? As in, will
this work for most default metacity and compiz users in gnome?

Thanks!
Mike Rooney
mrooney gmail com


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Nelson Benítez León
<nbenitezl gmail com> wrote:
> Hi, I've implemented a feature I wanted to have in nautilus, that is
> double-clicking on the Desktop background will show desktop (minimise all
> opened windows).
>
> The typical usecase is that I have some windows opened covering the desktop,
> I want to access some icon in the desktop so I have to spot the minimise
> button on each window and click it.. or go to the "show desktop" button on
> the left-bottom of the panel.. but is quickier to double click in some
> desktop space that is not covered by the opened windows.. Besides, I think
> it's a natural behaviour to bring the desktop up-front when you double click
> on it...
>
> Hope you like the idea.
>
> The patch is attached to this email and in
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361796
>
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