Drop Down Terminal #244

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2015-05-12T04:46:03+02:00

ryanfelder commented

2015-05-12 04:46:03 +02:00

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I really want to use cool-retro-term as my default terminal, but there's one feature that's holding me back.

I use guake. It allows me to bind my terminal to appear on a keyboard shortcut, in my case, Super+Esc.

This behaviour is so well trained into me, and so convenient, that even though cool-retro-term is in my dock, I use it only about 10% of the time.

Please consider adding hotkey support to cool-retro-term, so that wherever I am on my machine, I can pull it up, preferably full screen, with a keyboard shortcut.

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I really want to use cool-retro-term as my default terminal, but there's one feature that's holding me back. I use guake. It allows me to bind my terminal to appear on a keyboard shortcut, in my case, Super+Esc. This behaviour is so well trained into me, and so convenient, that even though cool-retro-term is in my dock, I use it only about 10% of the time. Please consider adding hotkey support to cool-retro-term, so that wherever I am on my machine, I can pull it up, preferably full screen, with a keyboard shortcut. ## <bountysource-plugin> --- Want to back this issue? **[Post a bounty on it!](https://www.bountysource.com/issues/14370579-drop-down-terminal?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F479407&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github)** We accept bounties via [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F479407&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github). </bountysource-plugin>

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KAMiKAZOW commented

2015-05-12 13:30:56 +02:00

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Launching applications is the task of the desktop you use. There should also be a way to set a keyboard shortcut. In Plasma 4 it's under System Settings -> Shortcuts and Gestures -> Custom Shortcuts: Edit -> New -> Global Shortcut -> Command/URL.

ryanfelder commented

2015-05-12 18:00:02 +02:00

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Launching the application by a shortcut would not cover all the functionality I am requesting here.
If it did, yes, a system shortcut would work fine.

The functionality I am requesting is a keyboard shortcut that, system wide, will bring forward and give focus to cool-retro-term, and then by pressing the shortcut again, sending cool-retro-term back to invisibility and causing it to also lose focus. It also should not have a dock icon when operating in this way.

This functionality is called 'drop down terminal' and it is present in other terminal applications such as Tilda, Guake, and Yakuake.

Launching the application by a shortcut would not cover all the functionality I am requesting here. If it did, yes, a system shortcut would work fine. The functionality I am requesting is a keyboard shortcut that, system wide, will bring forward and give focus to cool-retro-term, and then by pressing the shortcut again, sending cool-retro-term back to invisibility and causing it to also lose focus. It also should not have a dock icon when operating in this way. This functionality is called 'drop down terminal' and it is present in other terminal applications such as Tilda, Guake, and Yakuake.

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MidoriYakumo commented

2015-07-17 12:28:19 +02:00

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kwin really has focusing shortcut if you are using KDE

clara2g commented

2016-11-18 16:12:21 +01:00

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I only use drop-down terminals (Guake and Yakuake) but I just LOVE TOO MUCH this Cool Retro Term so i made a quick and dirty bash script that emulates the drop-down behaviour. It requires 'xdotool' to work and I only had tested it in Gnome with Fedora 24:

http://pastebin.com/PqEGZb5K

To make it work I assigned F8 key to 'findapp.sh cool-retro-term --fullscreen'

I hope you find it useful.

I only use drop-down terminals (Guake and Yakuake) but I just LOVE TOO MUCH this Cool Retro Term so i made a quick and dirty bash script that emulates the drop-down behaviour. It requires 'xdotool' to work and I only had tested it in Gnome with Fedora 24: [http://pastebin.com/PqEGZb5K](http://pastebin.com/PqEGZb5K) To make it work I assigned F8 key to 'findapp.sh cool-retro-term --fullscreen' I hope you find it useful.

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javenschuetz commented

2018-09-16 23:35:11 +02:00

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to chime in: if this worked with guake, I'd pay money

edit: the snap version would also have to launch without hitting opengl errors, but that's a different thing

to chime in: if this worked with guake, I'd pay money edit: the snap version would also have to launch without hitting opengl errors, but that's a different thing

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KAMiKAZOW commented

2018-09-17 00:13:49 +02:00

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It would be more likely that it worked with Yakuake because it's Qt-based, not GTK.

unfa commented

2022-08-26 01:24:38 +02:00

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I thought it's silly to care about eye candy in a terminal, but CoolRetroTerm changed my mind.
I want to have it working with Yakuake!

I thought it's silly to care about eye candy in a terminal, but CoolRetroTerm changed my mind. I want to have it working with Yakuake!

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Reference: seeseemelk/cool-retro-term#244