I'm not sure what that comment means, but the point of my comment is
that BOTH the default functionality (which minimizes windows) and the
Show desktop plugin (that slides them off the screen) have the problem
described in this bug. Neither behaves correctly, so enabling the
showdesktop plugin by
Last time we looked, showdesktop had pretty bad bugs and managed to lose
windows! Have things changed?
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Show desktop functionality differs to Metacity's
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Not only does the showdesktop plugin have the exact same problem, it
also behaves totally differently from Metacity, by sliding the windows
to the sides of the screen instead of minimizing them.
So no, the proper fix is not the showdesktop plugin. Fix the toggle
functionality in both plugins, so
Different apps behave differently. I don't see the point in modifying
compiz behavior and carrying such a patch in Ubuntu forever when we can
make the difference obvious and nice to use.
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Show desktop functionality differs to Metacity's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91784
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Status: New
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The proper fix for this would be to enable the showdesktop plugin by
default, not to change the compiz show desktop behavior. Upstream does
not want to make such a change and the show desktop button on the panel
now properly stays pressed when in compiz show desktop mode even after
opening more
** Summary changed:
- Compiz's show desktop functionality differs to Metacity's
+ Show desktop functionality differs to Metacity's
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Show desktop functionality differs to Metacity's
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