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I hide/show my desktop icons with a couple of aliases in my .zshrc: alias dihide="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool NO && killall Finder"
by msarnoff 14y ago
I hide/show my desktop icons with a couple of aliases in my .zshrc:
alias dihide="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool NO && killall Finder"
alias dishow="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool YES && killall Finder"
This has a couple side effects: clicking on the desktop background doesn't steal focus from the current app, and you can no longer drop files onto the desktop. It doesn't have a pretty UI, but since I've got a terminal open almost all the time, it's just as convenient to me as a menu bar item.
- sodiumphosphate 14y agoI just leave the desktop function turned off and use Finder and terminals. I prefer a plain black background. Off-topic, but I will say it again anyway: I really wish I could disable all window decoration and personalize the way windows are managed like you can in many X11 window managers. ( I miss using compiz standalone on Arch. )