Show Desktop in OS X
Mon, 26 February 2007
One of the very frustrating things in OS X is that you can not click the button and show Desktop. Well, you can … sort of. You have three options:
- Press F11, this will engage expose and move all windows to the edge of your screen,
- click anywhere on your desktop while holding Cmnd-Option on your keyboard - this will hide all programs but Finder, if open, or
- you can use ShowDesktop, a free application by Everyday Software that sits in your dock or your menu bar and shows desktop by simply clicking on it.
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Derrick said: Mon, 26 February 2007 at 23:18
You could also set Expose to specific mighty mouse functions, or use active screen corners. Those also work very well.
subcorpus said: Tue, 27 February 2007 at 00:33
i use active screen corners …
saves me a lot of keystokes … hehe …
i use a mouse even when i’m traveling …
Adam said: Tue, 27 February 2007 at 03:09
The hot corners are genius! I use to show my desktop and use F11 to show expose it works out really well, also you can set some mice so that the click-wheel can act as a button if you click it in and thats also what i use to show expose, try it it’s really cool. But not as cool as a mighty mouse, only if i had money, haha!
Murphy said: Fri, 2 March 2007 at 02:35
Excellent, I didn’t know about the Command+Option+ Desktop Click !! Very cool.
Brandon Martinez said: Thu, 8 March 2007 at 05:25
I do what Derrick says, I assign my Mighty Mouse squeeze to normal expose (all windows), alt squeeze to show desktop, command squeeze for dashboard, and I think shift squeeze for expose current app. More functionality with the same mouse button :)
Wolfgang said: Wed, 16 April 2008 at 04:42
You could also switch to another Space with “Spaces” hoping to find a free desktop… Takes CTRL+left for example.