How to show desktop

[sOwL]

ive been wondering if theres any way to make some keyboard shortcuts universal so they work with full-screen applications. Well, im not much of a gamer myself, but i find it annoying on not being able to switch to desktop to view something while in-game. Some games support the cmd+m or cmh+h command, but many out there just dont. Any way to make those work for everything? or any other suggestions?

 

[r.j.s]

Does the expose shortcut F11 work?

 

[JNB]

Switch to Finder as the active app, then Cmd-Option-h.

 

[sOwL]

nope, f11 doesnt works.

switching to finder means to use the cmd+tab shortcut, which wont work either..

 

[pjrobertson]

Go into your keyboard shortcuts and have a look there (in the keyboard pref pane)

Under 'Dock, Exposé, and Dashboard' check the shortcut for 'desktop'

If you have a newer mac / keyboard, CMD + exposé shortcut (F3) brings up the desktop

 

[sOwL]

Go into your keyboard shortcuts and have a look there (in the keyboard pref pane)

Under 'Dock, Exposé, and Dashboard' check the shortcut for 'desktop'

If you have a newer mac / keyboard, CMD + exposé shortcut (F3) brings up the desktop

well for my mac its the f11 button. But you dont get my point, i know which the shortcuts are, i just cant get them to work universal, like while running a full-screen application

 

[r.j.s]

I think you might be out of luck, the fullscreen app may not be able to recognize the shortcuts.

 

[H&Kie]

nope, f11 doesnt works.

In case you've got a new (aluminum) keyboard, does fn+F11 work? Most function keys are now dedicated to e.g. changing sound volume.

This can be overridden by the "fn" button or disabled in system preferences>Mouse and Keyboard>Keyboard

And, as said by pjrobertson, cmd+F3 also works fine

 

[pjrobertson]

Oh I see now.

How about adding a custom keyboard shortcut JUST for the app you're running (if you give us a name we may be able to help more)...

Are there any menu shortcuts that you know of?