mint 16. Hot corner to show desktop [Solved]

[Itchi]

Hi guys, does anybody here know something about how to:

1- use a hot corner to Show Desktop (pointing out the Show Desktop app in the Custom option of the editor doesnt work)
2- change desktop icon font color from white to black


Would be realy great if somebody knows how to solve this or at least point me out to the doc that has the code for this, there simply is no information to find about this for Mint 16 (yet)

Big thanks.

[xenopeek]

The first is easy. You can do so with wmctrl, the command line interface to trigger window manager actions. Install the package wmctrl and then set the custom command to:

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wmctrl -k on

That minimizes all windows as if you had clicked on the show desktop icon.

[Itchi]

wow Xenopeek thanks! Sorry for the late reply and it works like a charm. Installed it through the software manager and then put the script in the custom comand of hotcorners and it works. It doesnt toggle so i added the 'wmctrl -k off' in the top corner. Handy dandy.

[FJOSba]

Thank You for all!
This is what I've looked for. It is a must have seeting for me, too!
I think it should be selectable option from hot corner menu.
Cheers!

[Itchi]

Anybody has any idea in the meantime how to simply change the desktop font color to black? Would be greatly appreciated too

[caribriz]

........ It doesnt toggle so i added the 'wmctrl -k off' in the top corner.......

If you wanted an "all-in-one" hot corner that toggles "show desktop" on and off (you don't have to use two hot corners with this method) -
see this tutorial by Zorba -

How to make the hot corner show desktop and restore windows
- Solution Two

[caribriz]

Anybody has any idea in the meantime how to simply change the desktop font color to black? Would be greatly appreciated too

I don't think there is a simple way, but this is just what I did in LM16 Cinnamon - adapted from twodogs' tutorial here:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=118989

I used the default gtk theme - Mint-X.
I make a copy of the gtk theme folder and work on that to keep the original theme intact.

In Filesystem, navigate to /usr/share/themes
Copy Mint-X folder
Go to /home folder, click Ctrl+H to show hidden folders
If .themes folder is not already there, create it - note the dot at the beginning
Open .themes folder
Paste copy of Mint-X folder into .themes folder
Rename Mint-X to something else, eg. Mint-X-2

Open Mint-X-2 > gtk-3.0 > apps
Click File > Create new document > Empty document - name it nautilus.css
Open nautilus.css and paste this text into the file:

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.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item {
    color: #000000;
    text-shadow: none;
}

.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:active,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:prelight,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:selected {
   text-shadow: none;
}

Save the file.

Go to Mint-X-2 > gtk-3.0 > open file gtk.css
At the bottom of the file, add this line:

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@import url("apps/nautilus.css");

Save the file.

Go to System Settings > Themes > Other Settings > Controls
Choose Mint-X-2
Close window, may have to logout/in to see the change:

LM16 Cinnamon desktop icon text color.png

If you wanted a white text shadow, make it look like this instead:

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.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item {
    color: #000000;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px alpha (#ffffff, 0.8);
}

.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:active,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:prelight,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:selected {
   text-shadow: none;
}

Save the file, logout/in

LM16 Cinnamon black desktop icon text with white shadow.png

Edit: It is strange that adding this "nautilus.css" file to the theme's folder works to change the desktop font color (when nautilus is not installed in LM16 Cinnamon).
But if you just add these lines to the file nemo.css, substituting nemo for nautilus - it does not work.
I don't understand why this is .... all I know is that the above solution does work.