[Request] In Quake Style mode, if out of focus, shortcut should minimize instead of focus #1420
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If ConEmu doesn't have focus, the shortcut activates the window. This is by design and previous requests. |
That makes total sense if "Always on top" is not checked. But I would prefer it to close. Can we get a setting for this behavior? |
The purpose of hotkey is to switch "focused state". |
The description for the hotkey literally says "Minimize/Restore (Quake-style hotkey also)". It says nothing about focus. There is a completely separate hotkey for "Set focus to ConEmu". Regardless of that, I'm telling you, as a user, I would like a hotkey or setting that allows me to toggle the visibility, regardless of focus, when using Quake Style. |
"Set focus to ConEmu" is intended for ChildGui only. |
What is the visibility? Should ConEmu get focus if it is covered by other windows? If it is covered by 95%? Or 95% of ConEmu is visible? |
As I said, I have "Always On Top" checked and that's the context I'm speaking in. Regardless of that, think of the Quake Style. It's a drawer. It slides open and closed. There should be a shortcut to toggle that state regardless of focus or visibility. Open. Close. |
I have to agree with @ScottBeeson. The Quake-Style-Slidedown hotkey is currently controlling two separate boolean states:
I would personally prefer that it control only the open/minimized state. I normally work in a multi-monitor configuration. I may be doing work on another monitor and find that I wish to hide ConEmu so that I can see the windows under it. To do so, I must hit the hotkey twice, and endure a jarring flash as the ConEmu window disappears before sliding down again while it's brought into focus. To state this in a standard feature/bug request format: Steps to reproduce (Requires Multiple Monitors):
Expected behavior:
Actual Behavior:
While I can certainly see the utility of a key that would bring focus to ConEmu, it believe it would be more intuitive, and more useful for multi-monitor users, if this was a separate hotkey. I've briefly tried the "Auto-hide on focus lose" option, but found that unsuitable, as I may wish to have the ConEmu window remain open while I do work on another monitor. |
Do you have "Restore to active monitor" enabled? |
I do not. That's an interesting thought, but I don't believe it fits my workflow. I generally like to know that the terminal is going to be on my "main" monitor; also, a couple of my monitors are different sizes than the rest, which could make things awkward. I'll give it a shot for a while, though, and see how it feels. |
@bgshacklett Thank you so much for expressing my thoughts so much more clearly! |
I "third" this. I'd really like the Open/Close functionality rather than Open/Focus/Close (or at least the compromise of the toggle). I use 3 monitors and this is pretty much the only thing that annoys me about ConEmu. I often have several Visual Studios open - one on each monitor - and I want to jump between them whilst moving in and out of my console, and having to refocus it then hide it just feels like an encumbrance to me. |
Just wanted to report back on the "Restore to active monitor" option. I tried it for a while and found that it didn't serve the purpose of this request. |
Just want to add another Having the option to have the hotkey swap to only min/maxing would be great. :D |
Please consider me another user desiring simple open/close functionality to the Quake Style hotkey feature. By the way, I recently stumbled across ConEmu and just want to express a huge thanks for this amazing software! |
…if out of focus, minimize instead of focus’.
Hooray!!! It does exactly what I expect now. Thanks! |
Awesome, this is great! Thanks @Maximus5 ! |
With Quake Mode enabled, if I open the console it slides in/down as expected (opened). If it has focus and I use the shortcut again, it slides out/up, as expected (closed). However, if the console is open and does not have focus, and I hit the shortcut key, the console gains focus, disappears, and slides in/down (the opening animation again). I would prefer if it hid even though it doesn't have focus.
To rephrase: when the window doesn't have focus but is visible, if I hit the shortcut key, it gains focus. I would like it to hide.
This may be a bug, but I'm assuming not. Sorry if so. Also I searched and didn't find anything related.
I'm using version 161022 even though I've updated a couple times it sill says "Obsolete, recommended update to 161206 stable". Not sure what's happening there.(I figured out the version issue, had an old portable version installed. I am on latest now (180114) and exhibits the same behavior)The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: