MSTerminal: snapToGridOnResize= false. Incompatible with windows-terminal-quake

[mkanet]

I'm not sure how to configure windows-terminal-quake to respect the Window position and size set by MS Terminal settings:

    "initialPosition": "962,0"
    "initialCols": 134,
    "initialRows": 26,

The only thing I can do is use VerticalScreenCoverage and HorizontalScreenCoverage in windows-terminal-quake; which isn't very granular. I'm not sure what else to try. Currently, I'm opening MS Terminal without windows-terminal-quake just so the window opens in the specific size and location I want.

If there isn't a way to do this, could you please add support for this? I think it would be a very useful feature; especially since MS Terminal already supports snapToGridOnResize= false.

Thank you so much for your hard work and time!

[flyingpie]

@mkanet Thank you for reaching out! So if I understand correctly, you basically want windows-terminal-quake to not touch the size of Windows Terminal, and just handle the dropdown?

[mkanet]

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, that would be awesome! Just handle the dropdown and also transparency effect, if enabled in windows-terminal-quake

[flyingpie]

@mkanet I've made a prerelease that adds a "KeepOriginalSize" setting:

{
  "KeepOriginalSize": true
}

Not entirely happy with the naming yet, but this basically makes wtq not touch the size of the terminal (including if you manually resize after startup). So the name of the setting could change still.

Could you tell me whether this is what you were looking for?

You can try it either by downloading the release, or building the branch: Release: https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/releases/tag/v1.5 PR: https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/pull/115

Thanks!

[mkanet]

I think you're almost there!

When wtq launches, the window snaps to the side of the screen specified by "HorizontalAlign": "Right". It looks like "KeepOriginalSize": true is not ignoring "HorizontalAlign".

I tried removing "HorizontalAlign" from the settings; but, it then just defaults to center.

Do you think that's the problem?

[flyingpie]

@mkanet Okay, so you want the position to stay wherever it started as well?

[mkanet]

Yes. The position/size should be specified by MS Terminal. Thank a million!!

[flyingpie]

@mkanet Okay, slightly different approach, instead of a new setting "KeepOriginalSize", I've added a toggle mode. Add this to the config file:

{
  "ToggleMode": "Initial"
}

This doesn't touch the target position or size at all, whatsoever. It totally ignores where the cursor is, and lets you do all the moving and sizing.

Is this what you are looking for?

Here's the new release: https://github.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/releases/tag/v1.5 Or build from the same branch as before.

[mkanet]

@flyingpie it works perfectly! I'm so happy. Just so you know, almost 2 years after the introduction of native Quake Mode in MS Terminal, Acryllic Blur effect animation is still a mess; and, practically unusable. Animation is garbage/clunky and we're forced to use the entire width of the display. I'm certainly not going to hold my breath after waiting 2 years for bug fixes.

Thankfully WTQ makes MS Terminal much more polished and usable!

Cheers bro!

[flyingpie]

@mkanet Thank you for your feedback! :)