WTQ v2

Enable Quake-style dropdown for (almost) any application.

For Windows 10 & 11, and KDE Plasma 5 & 6 (Wayland only).

Showcase

On Windows 10, with Windows Terminal, Double Commander and Process Hacker.

wtq-v2.mp4

On CachyOS, with WezTerm, Dolphin, System Monitor, KeePassXC and Spotify.	On CachyOS, combined with Kando.
kde6-01.mp4	wtq_plus_kando.mp4

Installation

Manual Download (Windows & Linux)

See the latest release, and pick a zip.

Scoop (Windows)

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/master/scoop/wtq-latest.json

A shortcut is then available named 'WTQ - Windows Terminal Quake', or you can just run 'wtq' from a command line or Win+R.

WinGet (Windows)

winget install windows-terminal-quake

You can then call 'wtq' from the command line.

After having done that at least once, a shortcut will appear in the start menu, called 'WTQ - Main Window'.

Flatpak (Linux)

TODO

Configuration

After starting WTQ, an icon will appear in the tray, which has some useful buttons in the context menu:

From there, the settings file can quickly be opened using "Open Settings File".

A JSON schema file should be generated next to the settings file, enabling intellisense-like features in supporting editors:

Up Next

The main thing for the next release (2.12.0) is a GUI to assist with configuring WTQ.

WTQ v1

WTQ started as a companion app to the new Microsoft's Windows Terminal, before a rewrite to v2 that supported other apps as well.

If you're missing a feature from v2, feel free to use v1 instead.

Companion program for the new Windows Terminal that enables Quake-style drop down.

• Runs alongside the new Windows Terminal
• Toggle using CTRL+~ or CTRL+Q (configurable, see below)
• Shows up on the screen where the mouse is (eg. multi-monitor and multi-workspace)
• Transparency
• Configurable as fullscreen, or partial screen

Usage

There are a couple of options:

• Download the latest release from the releases page.
• Clone/download the source and run build.ps1 (uses Cakebuild).
• Clone/download the source and build using Visual Studio.
• Via scoop: scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyingpie/windows-terminal-quake/master/scoop/windows-terminal-quake.json

See the documentation for more settings and information.