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Chapter 4. Working With Panels
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4.6. Buttons

4.6.g. Show Desktop Button

Show Desktop icon.

You can use the Show Desktop button to minimize all open windows and show the desktop.

To add a Show Desktop button to a panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose Add to Panel->Actions->Show Desktop. To minimize all windows and show the desktop, click on the Show Desktop button. (Next: Menus)

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Chapter 4. Working With Panels
Table of Contents

4.1. Introduction
      4.1.a Top Edge Panel
      4.1.b. Bottom Edge Panel

4.2. Managing Panels
      4.2.a. Moving a Panel
      4.2.b. Panel Properties
      4.2.c Hiding a Panel
      4.2.d. Adding a New Panel
      4.2.e. Deleting a Panel

4.3. Panel Objects
      4.3.a. Interacting With Panel Objects
      4.3.b. Adding an Object to a Panel
      4.3.c. Modifying the Properties of an Object
      4.3.d. Moving a Panel Object
      4.3.e. Locking a Panel Object
      4.3.f. Removing a Panel Object

4.4. Applets

4.5. Launchers
      4.5.a. Adding a Launcher to a Panel
      4.5.b. Modifying a Launcher
      4.5.c. Launcher Properties

4.6. Buttons
      4.6.a. Force Quit Button
      4.6.b. Lock Screen Button
      4.6.c. Log Out Button
      4.6.d. Run Button
      4.6.e. Screenshot Button
      4.6.f. Search Button
      4.6.g. Show Desktop Button (you are here)

4.7. Menus  

4.8. Drawers
      4.8.a. To Open and Close a Drawer
      4.8.b. To Add a Drawer to a Panel
      4.8.c. To Add an Object to a Drawer
      4.8.d. To Modify Drawer Properties

4.9. Default Panel Objects
      4.9.a. Window Selector Applet
      4.9.b. Notification Area Applet
      4.9.c. Main Menu Panel Object
      4.9.d. Menu Bar Panel Object

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