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| apps:terminal:dropdown [2013/01/10 11:07] – nick | apps:terminal:dropdown [2016/10/19 14:39] – [Starting a Drop-down Window] f2404 |
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| <note>The drop-down functionality was added in Xfce4-terminal 0.6.1.</note> | <note>The drop-down functionality was added in Xfce4-terminal 0.6.1.</note> |
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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. | Xfce4-terminal has the functionality to have 1 drop-down window. This mode is inspired by 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 ====== | ====== Starting a Drop-down Window ====== |
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| You can start the drop-down mode by running ''<nowiki>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</nowiki>''. Since the application as no keybinding code, it is advised to [[:xfce:xfce4-settings:keyboard|Application Shortcuts]] for this. | You can start the drop-down mode by running ''<nowiki>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</nowiki>''. Since the application has no keybinding code, it is advised to use [[:xfce:xfce4-settings:keyboard|Application Shortcuts]] for this. |
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| The first time ''<nowiki>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</nowiki>'' is passed to the application, it will create a drop-down window and show it on top of the active ((the monitor that contains the mouse pointer)) monitor. Each other time the command is executed, the drop-down window will toggle its visibility. | The first time ''<nowiki>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</nowiki>'' is passed to the application, it will create a drop-down window and show it on top of the active ((the monitor that contains the mouse pointer)) monitor. Each other time the command is executed, the drop-down window will toggle its visibility. |