Show desktop function!

Hi all, before I even started this thread.  I have googled for a solution and did not find anything.  I am currently using a macbook pro 2007 with mountain lion.  I am getting frustrated because i cannot figure this one out.  So my problem is that when i use the function show desktop, i click on the folders on the dock and everything that was hidden reappeared back to the desktop.  I am trying to figure out where you use show desktop where everything disappears, it stays like that until you want it to reappear again.  In OS leopard, it works totally fine.  I am able to hide everything by show desktop, browse around witthout having it to come back until I use show desktop again. 
Is there any solution to this?  Its frustrating because i use show desktop so that i can search for something on other folders or even to check files on the dock by clicking and showing stacks.
thank you

thanks for your post scotch.  Of course hitting that command wont work lets say if your safari is active.  You have to click away to make the desktop active while the windows are up then it will work.
@ macgeniusofnc
My show desktop commanc is set to F11 and bottom left hot corner.  Yes it undos the show desktop.
This is something small yet has been buggin me lol. i tried it again with my old G5 running leopard and it seems to work fine.  It doesn't undo it.

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