#!/usr/bin/env bash # AUTHOR: gotbletu (@gmail|twitter|youtube|github|lbry) # https://www.youtube.com/user/gotbletu # DESC: turn any terminal into a dropdown terminal # DEMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVw2gD9iiOg # DEPEND: coreutils xdotool wmutils (https://github.com/wmutils/core | https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wmutils-git/) # CLOG: 2021-02-10 use comm to match window name and class, this avoids terminal windows with different names # 2015-02-15 0.1 # get screen resolution width and height ROOT=$(lsw -r) width=$(wattr w "$ROOT") height=$(wattr h "$ROOT") # option 1: set terminal emulator manually # my_term=urxvt # my_term=sakura my_term="xterm" # my_term="alacritty" # my_term=terminator # my_term=gnome-terminal # option 2: auto detect terminal emulator (note: make sure to only open one) # my_term="urxvt|xterm|uxterm|termite|sakura|lxterminal|terminator|mate-terminal|pantheon-terminal|konsole|gnome-terminal|xfce4-terminal" # get terminal emulator pid ex: 44040485 # pid=$(xdotool search --class "$my_term" | tail -n1) # get terminal emulator and matching name pid ex: 44040485 pid=$(comm -12 <(xdotool search --name "$my_term" | sort) <(xdotool search --class "$my_term" | sort)) # get windows id from pid ex: 0x2a00125% wid=$(printf 0x%x "$pid") # maximize terminal emulator wrs "$width" "$height" "$wid" # toggle show/hide terminal emulator mapw -t "$wid"