@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ 
 void action_iconify(union ActionData *data)
 {
     client_action_start(data);
-    client_iconify(data->client.any.c, TRUE, TRUE);
+    client_iconify(data->client.any.c, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
     client_action_end(data);
 }
 
@@ -1906,17 +1906,17 @@ }
 
 void action_toggle_show_desktop(union ActionData *data)
 {
-    screen_show_desktop(!screen_showing_desktop, TRUE);
+    screen_show_desktop(!screen_showing_desktop, NULL);
 }
 
 void action_show_desktop(union ActionData *data)
 {
-    screen_show_desktop(TRUE, TRUE);
+    screen_show_desktop(TRUE, NULL);
 }
 
 void action_unshow_desktop(union ActionData *data)
 {
-    screen_show_desktop(FALSE, TRUE);
+    screen_show_desktop(FALSE, NULL);
 }
 
 void action_break_chroot(union ActionData *data)

@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ if (self->frame) client_shade(self, FALSE);
         else self->shaded = FALSE;
     }
     if (!(self->functions & OB_CLIENT_FUNC_ICONIFY) && self->iconic) {
-        if (self->frame) client_iconify(self, FALSE, TRUE);
+        if (self->frame) client_iconify(self, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
         else self->iconic = FALSE;
     }
     if (!(self->functions & OB_CLIENT_FUNC_FULLSCREEN) && self->fullscreen) {
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ /* these are in a carefully crafted order.. */
 
     if (self->iconic) {
         self->iconic = FALSE;
-        client_iconify(self, TRUE, FALSE);
+        client_iconify(self, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
     }
     if (self->fullscreen) {
         self->fullscreen = FALSE;
@@ -2807,7 +2807,8 @@ client_focus(self);
 }
 
 static void client_iconify_recursive(ObClient *self,
-                                     gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk)
+                                     gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk,
+                                     gboolean hide_animation)
 {
     GSList *it;
     gboolean changed = FALSE;
@@ -2847,7 +2848,7 @@ }
 
     if (changed) {
         client_change_state(self);
-        if (ob_state() != OB_STATE_STARTING && config_animate_iconify)
+        if (config_animate_iconify && !hide_animation)
             frame_begin_iconify_animation(self->frame, iconic);
         /* do this after starting the animation so it doesn't flash */
         client_showhide(self);
@@ -2858,15 +2859,17 @@ (non-direct too) */
     for (it = self->transients; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
         if (it->data != self)
             if (client_is_direct_child(self, it->data) || !iconic)
-                client_iconify_recursive(it->data, iconic, curdesk);
+                client_iconify_recursive(it->data, iconic, curdesk,
+                                         hide_animation);
 }
 
-void client_iconify(ObClient *self, gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk)
+void client_iconify(ObClient *self, gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk,
+                    gboolean hide_animation)
 {
     if (self->functions & OB_CLIENT_FUNC_ICONIFY || !iconic) {
         /* move up the transient chain as far as possible first */
         self = client_search_top_normal_parent(self);
-        client_iconify_recursive(self, iconic, curdesk);
+        client_iconify_recursive(self, iconic, curdesk, hide_animation);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3100,10 +3103,10 @@ if (state == self->wmstate) return; /* no change */
   
     switch (state) {
     case IconicState:
-        client_iconify(self, TRUE, TRUE);
+        client_iconify(self, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
         break;
     case NormalState:
-        client_iconify(self, FALSE, TRUE);
+        client_iconify(self, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
         break;
     }
 }
@@ -3267,7 +3270,7 @@ transients needs to change */
         stacking_raise(CLIENT_AS_WINDOW(self));
     }
     if (iconic != self->iconic)
-        client_iconify(self, iconic, FALSE);
+        client_iconify(self, iconic, FALSE, FALSE);
 
     if (demands_attention != self->demands_attention)
         client_hilite(self, demands_attention);
@@ -3390,9 +3393,9 @@ go moving on us */
     event_halt_focus_delay();
 
     if (client_normal(self) && screen_showing_desktop)
-        screen_show_desktop(FALSE, FALSE);
+        screen_show_desktop(FALSE, self);
     if (self->iconic)
-        client_iconify(self, FALSE, here);
+        client_iconify(self, FALSE, here, FALSE);
     if (self->desktop != DESKTOP_ALL &&
         self->desktop != screen_desktop)
     {

@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ @param curdesk If iconic is FALSE, then this determines if the window will
                  be uniconified to the current viewable desktop (true) or to
                  its previous desktop (false)
 */
-void client_iconify(ObClient *self, gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk);
+void client_iconify(ObClient *self, gboolean iconic, gboolean curdesk,
+                    gboolean hide_animation);
 
 /*! Maximize or unmaximize the client window
   @param max true if the window should be maximized; false if it should be

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ /* the client won't be on screen anymore so hide the menu */
         menu_frame_hide_all();
         f = NULL; /* and don't update */
 
-        client_iconify(c, TRUE, FALSE);
+        client_iconify(c, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
         break;
     case CLIENT_RESTORE:
         client_maximize(c, FALSE, 0);

@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ guint d = e->xclient.data.l[0];
             if (d > 0)
                 screen_set_num_desktops(d);
         } else if (msgtype == prop_atoms.net_showing_desktop) {
-            screen_show_desktop(e->xclient.data.l[0] != 0, TRUE);
+            screen_show_desktop(e->xclient.data.l[0] != 0, NULL);
         } else if (msgtype == prop_atoms.openbox_control) {
             if (e->xclient.data.l[0] == 1)
                 ob_reconfigure();

@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ screen_desktop_names,
                                       screen_num_desktops);
 }
 
-void screen_show_desktop(gboolean show, gboolean restore_focus)
+void screen_show_desktop(gboolean show, ObClient *show_only)
 {
     GList *it;
      
@@ -915,19 +915,25 @@ 
     screen_showing_desktop = show;
 
     if (show) {
-        /* bottom to top */
+        /* hide windows bottom to top */
         for (it = g_list_last(stacking_list); it; it = g_list_previous(it)) {
             if (WINDOW_IS_CLIENT(it->data)) {
                 ObClient *client = it->data;
                 client_showhide(client);
             }
         }
-    } else {
-        /* top to bottom */
+    }
+    else {
+        /* restore windows top to bottom */
         for (it = stacking_list; it; it = g_list_next(it)) {
             if (WINDOW_IS_CLIENT(it->data)) {
                 ObClient *client = it->data;
-                client_showhide(client);
+                if (client_should_show(client)) {
+                    if (!show_only || client == show_only)
+                        client_show(client);
+                    else
+                        client_iconify(client, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -941,7 +947,8 @@ (c->desktop == screen_desktop || c->desktop == DESKTOP_ALL) &&
                 client_focus(it->data))
                 break;
         }
-    } else if (restore_focus) {
+    }
+    else if (!show_only) {
         ObClient *c;
 
         /* use NULL for the "old" argument because the desktop was focused

@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ /*! Show/hide the desktop popup (pager) for the given desktop */
 void screen_desktop_popup(guint d, gboolean show);
 
 /*! Shows and focuses the desktop and hides all the client windows, or
-  returns to the normal state, showing client windows. */
-void screen_show_desktop(gboolean show, gboolean restore_focus);
+  returns to the normal state, showing client windows.
+  @param If show_only is non-NULL, then only that client is shown (assuming
+         show is FALSE (restoring from show-desktop mode), and the rest are
+         iconified.
+*/
+void screen_show_desktop(gboolean show, struct _ObClient *show_only);
 
 /*! Updates the desktop layout from the root property if available */
 void screen_update_layout();