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ruuwa

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Registered: 2022-02-09

Posts: 22

[SOLVED] xfce4-terminal --drop-down toggle doesn't work as expected

Hi,

I mapped "xfce4-terminal --drop-down" to Super L/Windows key in xfce's Keyboard > Application Shortcuts settings. 

When I pressed the windows key, as expected it shows a drop down terminal. 
But pressing it again doesn't hide/close it as expected.

If I use a mouse to click the opened drop down terminal or type something, and then press the windows key, it closes. 
But pressing it again doesn't open/show the drop down terminal anymore.
I need to manually click "Toggle Drop-down Terminal" in the panel bar. 

In Terminal Preference > Drop-down, I have these activated: 

• Always keep window on top

• Use shortcut to focus visible window

• Show status icon in notification area

But not "Keep window open when it loses focus". And I have tried disabling and enabling some of these options, but it didn't help. 

I use Arch Linux, and the xfce4-terminal package is version 0.8.10-2. If it matters I also installed libxfce4ui-nocsd package to remove Client-Side Decorations (CSD).   

Seems the problem is pretty recent. But I haven't used the drop down terminal in a while. Perhaps it's an old problem.   

If anyone has any idea.

edit: The sticky keys setting in xfce's Accessibility setting caused it.

Last edited by ruuwa (2022-02-09 18:41:41)

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

Posts: 689

Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-terminal --drop-down toggle doesn't work as expected

Hello and welcome to our forum.

Uncheck Use shortcut to focus visible window and exit the current instance of xfce4-terminal (^D, exit or what have you).

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ruuwa

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Registered: 2022-02-09

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-terminal --drop-down toggle doesn't work as expected

Hi KBar, thanks for the welcome.

Disabling "Use shortcut to focus visible window" doesn't help unfortunately.