One click to show DESKTOP

[AppleCandidate]

Does anyone know a way to go to the DESKTOP with one click - if you have several applications opened? I'm not talking about sliding things outside and reveal the desktop underneath like F13 does, more like the way Windows behaves.

 

[TheStu]

Does anyone know a way to go to the DESKTOP with one click - if you have several applications opened? I'm not talking about sliding things outside and reveal the desktop underneath like F13 does, more like the way Windows behaves.

http://www.silvermac.com/2007/show-desktop-in-os-x/

In case you don't want to click the link

if you can see a shred of your desktop, Command+ALT+Click on that and all your windows except for Finder will be hidden.

 

[Cooknn]

Hmmm. On Leopard I can just press <Ctrl>2, or 3 or 4 Honestly what's wrong with the way Expose´ handles it?

 

[AppleCandidate]

Got the software and it works great - thanks so much!

 

[SteveG4Cube]

With Spaces I just use Command-> to switch to a space with no open apps, but in Tiger I just wrote a script and put it in the dock to switch to Finder and hide all other apps.

 

[mcdj]

I'd love someone to come up with a way to toggle a window from the dock. For instance, if I have Photoshop open and I want to hide it, I could click the Photoshop icon in the dock and it would hide...if I want to unhide it, I'd click the icon again.

 

[Edot]

Why is everyone so obsessed with having all of your windows hidden? Can't you just learn to use Alt+Tab, and Expose, Spaces. There is no need to only have one window open at a time and hiding everything so frequently. Kick the old habits folks, I am sure it is just wasting your time anyway.

 

[TheStu]

I'd love someone to come up with a way to toggle a window from the dock. For instance, if I have Photoshop open and I want to hide it, I could click the Photoshop icon in the dock and it would hide...if I want to unhide it, I'd click the icon again.

Ctrl+Click (or if you are on a MacBook/Pro, two finger click) on the icon in teh dock, and choose "Hide".

Alternatively, if it is the active app, then Alt+clicking on the icon will hide it.

 

[tanyakumar]

How to show desktop

Here's a way to set this up. read my blog post on it

http://www.stuckinit.net/how-to-show-the-desktop-with-a-single-click-on-a-mac/