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caibbor

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 14

unminimize the desktop (literally)

I have a key binding to call a utility to minimize/maximize/etc windows by clicking on them. Sometimes I accidentall click on the desktop, and it minimizes it. After that, the desktop is just a hall-of-mirrors effect when I drag windows around it.

Is there a way to unminimize it? Or should I report a bug? Desktop shouldn't be minimize-able...

I've already tried Settings Manager -> Desktop -> Icons tab -> Icon type: Minimized applications + Show icons on the primary display, but the icons don't show. Presumably they are drawn on the desktop, which is minimized, thus they won't draw....

caibbor

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 14

Re: unminimize the desktop (literally)

things I've tried, which do not work:

wmctrl -r "$(wmctrl -l | grep 'Desktop$' | cut -f1 -d' ')" -b remove,minimize

xdotool windowraise "$(wmctrl -l | grep 'Desktop$' | cut -f1 -d' ')"

wmctrl -ir "$(wmctrl -l | grep 'Desktop$' | cut -f1 -d' ')" -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,488

Re: unminimize the desktop (literally)

Why not just check if the current window is the desktop and if so, exit out of the script? Something like:

~/bin/sh

# exit if active window is desktop
[[ "$(xdotool getactivewindow getwindowname)" == "Desktop" ]] && exit 1

...your other code

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caibbor

Member

Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 14

Re: unminimize the desktop (literally)

Why not just check if the current window is the desktop and if so, exit out of the script?

I like that idea. Wondering if every desktop manager calles the desktop "desktop" though.

But that should be a viable workaround.

chang-zhao

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Registered: 2023-11-20

Posts: 42

Re: unminimize the desktop (literally)

Wondering if every desktop manager calles the desktop "desktop" though.

Checking _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE could be another option to detect if a window is a Desktop:

xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | grep _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/ … 01s05.html

For example, run this in terminal and immediately (during 1 sec) click desktop

sleep 1; xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | grep _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP && notify-send "Desktop!" "Quit" || notify-send "Not Desktop!" "Go crazy"