Show desktop shortcut in El Capitan?

I can't find a shortcut that's working on my MacBook Air. In Windows you can either click the rightmost part of the task bar to show the desktop or hit Windows+D to show the desktop. How do I do this in El Capitan?

Solution 1:

The default shortcut for showing the Desktop is:

⌘Cmd-F3

Technically, the official name is ⌘Cmd-Mission Control but unless you know what "Mission Control" is, you would end up searching for that as well.

Apple has a really good listing of all it's shortcuts - I keep this bookmarked for quick reference.

Solution 2:

One way is to set a Hot Corner to show the Desktop.

This is done via: System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver > Hot Corners...

Then select Desktop in the pop-up list for the corner you'd like to show the Desktop when you move the mouse to that corner.