Is it possible to remove "Show Desktop" from the Alt+Tab application switcher?
Ubuntu – How to remove “Show Desktop” from the Alt-Tab (application) switcher
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Is it possible to remove "Show Desktop" from the Alt+Tab application switcher?
Best Answer
It can be done!
I've uploaded a Unity build for 12.04 that fixes this (no Show Desktop in the Alt-Tab switcher).
You can enable the "Show Desktop Icon" setting in the Unity Plugin in Compiz (using
ccsm
) to get the icon on the Launcher on the left:If/when a new Unity update is released, Update Manager will download it automatically. I will try to "fix" the update and put it in the PPA as soon as possible; please add a comment to this answer to alert me if you upgrade and "Show Desktop" re-appears in the Switcher!
How did you do it?
I modified the Unity Source. It consists of two steps:
plugins/unityshell/src/LauncherController.cpp
, which by default adds the "Show Desktop" icon to the switcher:Change line 1638 in
plugins/unityshell/src/unityshell.cpp
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