Matthew Doucette 2004-07-16 03:12
This is a feature request:
The Windows shortcut "Windows Key + M", which minimizes all windows, does not work with Ultramon's taskbar. It only minimizes windows found in Windows' taskbar, not Ultramon's taskbar.
The more common Windows shortcut "Windows Key + D", which shows desktop, *does* work with Ultramon's taskbar. You may then wonder what the point is of "Windows Key + M", but there can be instances in which you want to minimize a lot of windows, not just see the desktop.
For your information, "Windows Key + D" is much different than "Windows Key + M" as pressing "Windows Key + D" again will bring all the windows back up as they once were. It does *not* minimize them, if that is what you wish for.
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Matthew Doucette 2004-07-16 04:52
FYI,
Raymond Chen's blog has an article that better describes the two commands I wrote of above:
What is the difference between Minimize All and Show Desktop?
http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/27/143042.aspx
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Matthew Doucette 2004-07-16 04:53
Clickable:
http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/27/143042.aspx
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Christian Studer 2004-07-16 06:50
I'll look into this for UltraMon 3, might have to be done via a custom UltraMon hotkey instead of the standard WIN+M though.
UltraMon did support WIN+M on XP at some time, but support for this was removed because it caused problems for WIN+D.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Matthew Doucette 2004-07-17 15:46
Strange. Just out of curiousity, if you have the time, can you explain why that happened?
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Christian Studer 2004-07-18 00:50
I don't remember the details, but handling WIN+M caused problems when trying to restore windows by pressing WIN+D a second time.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Andy Barcus 2011-05-25 02:01
Chiming in on the feature request for Windows+M to minimize the windows that are on UltraMon toolbars: I will start to use Windows+D when I want to see the wallpaper or the desktop icons, but I would love for Windows+M to work on all the open windows as well.
If there is a Windows limitation that prevents UltraMon from receiving notification that Win+M was pressed, a user definable hotkey would be almost as good. (Minimize all windows is not currently in the list of hot key functions)
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Christian Studer 2011-05-25 08:18
UltraMon's Show Desktop hotkeys basically work the same way as WIN+M, the show desktop actions are near the bottom of the list under UltraMon Options > Hotkeys.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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