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-====== Drop-down Window ====== 
  
-<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. 
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-===== 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. 
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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. 
-===== 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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-<figure "Drop-down window with 3 tabs"> 
-{{ :apps:terminal:terminal-dropdown-window.png?nolink |}} 
-</figure> 
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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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-<figure "Drop-down window Preferences"> 
-{{ :apps:terminal:terminal-dropdown-preferences.png?nolink |}} 
-</figure> 
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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>down} toggle-button shown in the tab bar. If enabled the window will not close when it loses focus (not the active window anymore). 
-? 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. 
-? Height 
-! Height of the window. The size is the percentage of the monitor the terminal is displayed on. 
-? Opacity 
-! If you have [[:xfce:xfwm4:wmtweaks|compositing]] enabled, it will control the transparency of the window. 
-? 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 ''<nowiki>xfce4-terminal --drop-down</nowiki>'' option is executed. If disabled, the window will stay on the monitor is was first started on. 
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-===== Advanced Options ===== 
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-When started the __first time__ the ''<nowiki>--drop-down</nowiki>'' option also accepts window and tab [[command-line]] parameters. You can use this to start a drop-down with multiple predefined commands. The example below will open three tabs in the drop-down window (with IRC client, music on console and process overview). 
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-<code>xfce4-terminal --drop-down --title "Irssi Client" -e irssi --tab -e mocp --tab --title "System Status" -e top</code> 
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-Note that some of the window options don't apply to the drop-down window, like <nowiki>--fullscreen</nowiki> and <nowiki>--show-borders</nowiki>.