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Hide your icons and widgets
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May 6, 2009 6:05 PM PDT

By: Seth Rosenblatt

Hide your icons and widgets

Staying on the desktop for one more feature, users can now toggle viewing their desktop icons and their desktop widgets through a context menu. Right-click on the desktop and go to View, and the last two choices will let you hide either icons, widgets, or both.

Photo credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET