Subject: bug#16469: 24.3.50; Emacs in fullscreen mode doesn't respect Win+M shortcut on Windows 7

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:23:23 -0700

"[email-masked]" <[email-masked]> writes:

> Win+M shortcut in Windows minimizes all windows (see
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-7 for example) . However the emacs
> frame, while in fullscreen (F11) mode, is not minimized. If emacs frame in full size (M-F10) mode, then it is minimized correctly. The
> "Show Desktop" command from context menu of taskbar mimizes all windows correctly, even then emacs frame is in fullscreen mode.
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. Press F11 or M-x toggle-frame-fullscreen
> 3. Press Win+M
> 3.1. Expected results: all windows are minimized and desktop shown
> 3.2. Actual results: all windows are minimized, except for emacs frame

(This was reported 6.5 years ago but unfortunately never got a reply at
the time.)

I unfortunately can't test this as I don't have access to a Windows 7
machine.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version of Emacs such as
the recently released version 27.1?

Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas