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- | ====== Drop-down Window ====== | ||
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- | Xfce4-terminal has the functionality to have 1 drop-down window. This mode is inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again. | ||
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- | ===== Starting a Drop-down Window ===== | ||
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- | You can start the drop-down mode by running ''< | ||
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- | The first time ''< | ||
- | ===== Main Window ===== | ||
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- | When you start the drop-down window for the first time, the application opens a window on top of other windows at the top of the screen without window borders. | ||
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- | ===== Preferences ===== | ||
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- | You can open the drop-down preferences by clicking the small button are the bottom-right corner of the tabs. The dialog can also be opened by right-clicking the tray icon -- if enabled. | ||
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- | ==== Behavior ==== | ||
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- | ? Keep window open when it loses focus | ||
- | ! This setting is applied during startup only and controls the initial state of the {gui> | ||
- | ? Always keep window on top | ||
- | ! If enabled it asks the window manger to not be overlapped by other windows. | ||
- | ? Use shortcut to focus visible window | ||
- | ! In case you have the keep-open option enabled, enabling this option will force focus to the opened window, instead of hiding it. | ||
- | ? Show status icon in notification area | ||
- | ! Put a terminal icon in the system tray. The icon responds to clicks to toggle the window visibility or with right-click to access the Xfce Terminal preferences. | ||
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- | ==== Appearance and Animation ==== | ||
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- | ? Width | ||
- | ! Width of the window. The size is the percentage of the monitor the terminal is displayed on. Note that the size is aligned to match the terminal character size, so in some cases 1% does not make a visual difference. | ||
- | ? Height | ||
- | ! Same as above, but than for the height of the window. | ||
- | ? Opacity | ||
- | ! If you have [[: | ||
- | ? Duration | ||
- | ! Animation time for the roll-up and -down effect. To disable this set the time to 0 milliseconds. | ||
- | ? Always show tabs | ||
- | ! Hide the tabs at the bottom of the window when there is only a single tab opened. Then there are than 1 tab the bar will always be visible. | ||
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- | ==== Position ==== | ||
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- | ? Position | ||
- | ! Horizontal position of the window on the monitor. | ||
- | ? Move to monitor with pointer | ||
- | ! If the window should be moved to the monitor containing the mouse pointer when the ''< | ||
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- | ===== Advanced Options ===== | ||
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- | When started the __first time__ the ''< | ||
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- | Note that some of the window options don't apply to the drop-down window, like < |