MacOS Sonoma Turn Off or Disable Click Wallpaper to Reveal Desktop Unless in Stage Manager

disable_click_to_show_desktop.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euox

##
# Disable click to show desktop
# run with `bash disable_click_to_show_desktop.sh`
# or `chmod +x disable_click_to_show_desktop.sh && ./$_`
# `defaults` is pretty handy! https://ss64.com/mac/defaults.html
##

function read_winmgr_default () {
  # Read the current setting. "EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop" should be
  # missing if unset, but present if disabled. It can also be present and enabled...
  /usr/bin/defaults read com.apple.WindowManager
}

function disable_click_desktop () {
  # Disable single click desktop to hide all windows and show desktop only in 
  # Stage Manager. 
  /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.WindowManager EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop 0
}

# function test_setting () {   
#   if [[ "$(/usr/bin/defaults read com.apple.WindowManager EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop)" != "0" ]]
#　　then 
#     echo "Setting enabled"
#   else
#     echo "Setting disabled"
#   fi
# }

# Disable clicking on desktop to hide windows, then read the setting, without checking
disable_click_desktop
read_winmgr_default