https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356128

            Bug ID: 356128
           Summary: Equivalent to "ShowDesktopIsMinimizeAll=true" is
                    missing in plasma 5
           Product: kwin
           Version: 5.4.2
          Platform: unspecified
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kwin-bugs-null@kde.org
          Reporter: mymailclone@t-online.de

An equivalent to "ShowDesktopIsMinimizeAll=true" (SDIMA) in plasma 4 is missing
badly in plasma 5.

This is a standard usability-feature of almost every major desktop-environment
I ever worked with - except KDE (and most probably Gnome 3).

It de-clutters the desktop so that one can focus on the window/program which is
then opened.

In that respect "Show Desktop" is counterintuitive and inefficient to most
people, as all minimized windows show up again if one opens one of them or
starts a new program.

The script "Minimize All" is better but not quite the same as SDIMA and also
requires some configuration-effort by the user.

Even SDIMA in plasma 4 is suboptimal because it is cleverly concealed from the
user who can only uncover it through intensive search-effort or by filing a bug
report against "Show Desktop". And then still has some config.-stuff to do.

So here's my plea: 

- implement the equivalent of SDIMA=true in plasma 5
- make it the default tool for de-cluttering the desktop
- put a corresponding widget/button right beside the K-menu-button as the
default setting 
- if you must: keep "Show desktop" as an alternative (I bet: few would miss it)

Regards!

OpenMind

Reproducible: Always

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