I keep doing this cool thing with the desktop, but ...

[Tom_ZeCat]

... I can't figure out how I did it.

I'll have a bunch of apps open and Alt+Tab between them. Well and good. Then sometimes I'll accidentally hit something -- I don't know what -- and all my open apps are shown as squaes on the desktop and I can click on whichever one I want. Seems like a cool feature. I just don't know how I'm inadvertently accessing it.

[jlittle]

Sounds like the "Present Windows" effect. You can check which keys trigger it in System settings->Desktop Effects, All effects tab, but I also use System settings->Workspace Behaviour->Screen Edges set to present windows when the mouse moves to the top left corner; maybe you have a screen edge trigger.

Regards, John Little

[blackpaw]

There used to be a way to get Alt-Tab use present windows, but I can't find it now.

[Snowhog]

It's the Screen Edges trigger that does this. System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Screen Edges

[vinnywright]

It's the Screen Edges trigger that does this. System Settings > Workspace Behavior > Screen Edges

+1 ,,, I must concur with this hypotheses ........by default the top left corner of the screen is the trigger for "present windows" (the effect you are describing).

VINNY

[SteveRiley]

There used to be a way to get Alt-Tab use present windows, but I can't find it now.

KWin defines three shortcuts for Present Windows: