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In case someone is interested. There's a kwin script called Shake. It allows to minimize all current windows to minimize EXCEPT the active one by shaking the active window. Kinda like "minimize all" except..
It's a cool script but I find it unpractical in my case since I don't do titlebars. So I made this desktop file with a similar effect which resides on my panel. You'll need xdotool for this. 1) Make the script and make it executable: #!/bin/bash active_window_id=$(xdotool getactivewindow) for window_id in $(xdotool search --onlyvisible ".*") do if [ $window_id != $active_window_id ] then xdotool windowminimize $window_id fi done 2) Make the desktop file pointing the executable to the script ( edit the icon to your likings) and put it in, say, ~/.local/share/applications: [Desktop Entry] Comment[nl_BE]= Comment= Exec=/home/john/Scripts/Shake.sh GenericName[nl_BE]=shake GenericName=shake Icon=auto-transition MimeType= Name[nl_BE]=Toggle Shake Name=Toggle Shake NoDisplay=false Path= StartupNotify=true Terminal=false TerminalOptions= Type=Application X-DBUS-ServiceName= X-DBUS-StartupType= X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false X-KDE-Username= 3) drag that desktop file to your panel or something. Done.https://imgur.com/a/UQ9q8bX
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As an alternative:
There's another kwin script that has kind of a similar behaviour, onlyone active window. That one does what it says on the tin, unactive windows are always minimized. It's cool, but not so handy when you DO need two or more visible windows. So, to overcome that, you'd need a switch to quickly toggle the kwin script on or off. So, same procedure, first a script and then a desktop file. 1) Script and make executable ( this one reads the kwinrc): #!/bin/bash current=`kreadconfig5 --file kwinrc --group Plugins --key onlyOneActiveWindowEnabled` if [ $current = "true" ]; then kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group Plugins --key onlyOneActiveWindowEnabled false elif [ $current = "false" ]; then kwriteconfig5 --file kwinrc --group Plugins --key onlyOneActiveWindowEnabled true fi qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure 2) Desktop file in, say, ~/.local/share/applications [Desktop Entry] Comment[nl_BE]= Comment= Exec=/home/john/Scripts/onlyOne.sh GenericName[nl_BE]=onlyOne GenericName=onlyOne Icon=auto-transition MimeType= Name[nl_BE]=Toggle onlyOne Name=Toggle onlyOne NoDisplay=false Path= StartupNotify=true Terminal=false TerminalOptions= Type=Application X-DBUS-ServiceName= X-DBUS-StartupType= X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false X-KDE-Username= Edit the paths and icon,place it maybe on your panel and you're done. https://imgur.com/a/ZQgsDZL So, if you should use one of these, the choice is yours. The first method starts with a "normal" desktop on which you minimize all inactives. The second one start with the active only and you toggle to have more than one window in case you need it.
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