

Step 4: Set custom keyboard shortcuts for these two commands. I have used Alt+F11 and Alt+F12 in my case.





Update: You can just use the following command and have only one keyboard shortcut as well. Thanks to the anonymous commenter who provided the tip (please guys, leave your name when commenting :)) gconftool-2 --toggle /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop Step 4: Set custom keyboard shortcuts for these two commands. I have used Alt+F11 and Alt+F12 in my case.









Now you can toggle (show/hide) your desktop icons at a keystroke and enjoy your clean wallpapers.









HTH :-)





I wrote about webilder earlier which will give you stunning random wallpapers for your linux desktop from flickr. I have a habit of allowing the number of files, screenshots and documents in my desktop to go on a large number. Once they reach a critical number, I get around to cleaning the files. But because I have so many files, the beautiful wallpapers are sometimes not shown clearly. I felt there should be a way to toggle showing the files in Desktop and it turned out there is a way.Step 1: LaunchStep 2: Click on the "Add" button in the bottom and in the resulting dialog, type "Hide Desktop Icons " for the Name field and for the command field, type:Step 3: Create another keybinding by clicking the "Add" button and this time create a "Show Desktop Icons" item. The command for this will be: