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Using KDE System Settings I have set a hotkey for minimizing the currently active window.

  • The behavior I am used to is: I press Super+Z, window minimizes, when I press Alt+Tab, I switch back to last minimized window
  • Current behavior is: If I minimize a window with mouse click, Alt+Tab switching works as expected (switches to last minimized window). If I minimize with hotkey, the window is brought to the bottom of the windows list making it a pain to cycle through everything when I press Alt+Tab

To sum it up, how to minimize a window and then immediately unminimize it back, using keyboard?

P.S. In Openbox I was using

<keybind key="W-a">
  <action name="PreviousWindow">
    <interactive>no</interactive>
  </action>
</keybind>  

maybe something like this is possible in KDE?
My KDE info:

KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.6  
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0  
Qt Version: 5.12.7  

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System Settings > Window Management > Task Switcher > Order minimized windows after unminimized windows: uncheck enter image description here

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  • This option doesn't exist. imgur.com/a/8B6Fwdc Please let me know your KDE version as well, I may upgrade
    – mekkanizer
    Nov 1, 2022 at 6:32
  • Yes, you are using an outdated Plasma version then. The option was introduced with 5.26. Nov 1, 2022 at 11:51
  • Just saw that you're on 5.18. This is ancient by KDE standards, I really recommend that you upgrade. Nov 1, 2022 at 12:15
  • Although I keep my Kubuntu 20.04.5 updated my version of KDE is 5.18.8, KDE Frameworks is 5.68.0 and QT version 5.12.8. So Kubuntu decides to use the older versions and leaves it to the user to manually upgrade the versions of the software.
    – Joepie Es
    Nov 1, 2022 at 14:38
  • If you're still on Kubuntu 20.04 then of course you'll only be getting the software that comes with Kubuntu 20.04, which is Plasma 5.18. If you want to use a newer Plasma version then you need to upgrade your Kubuntu to a newer version. The most recent Kubuntu version is 22.10, which ships Plasma 5.25, though Plasma 5.26 may be available through the backports PPA. Alternatively, if you want a distro with a stable Ubuntu base and up to date KDE software, you might want to consider KDE Neon user edition. Nov 1, 2022 at 16:03

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