It includes several useful features, including Quake Mode.
And if you regularly need to enter command lines, Quake Mode is an efficient way to do it.
Here’s how to enable and use Quake mode in Windows Terminal.
What Is Quake Mode, and Why Should You Use It?
Windows Terminal is a fast and efficient way to make using command-line tools easier.
you could download it from the Microsoft Store.
The key features of Windows Terminal include multiple tabs, panes, and a GPU-accelerated text rendering engine.
There are also custom themes, styles, and configurations.
And, of course, Quake mode which was added in version 1.9.
When enabled, Quake mode lets you quickly open a new terminal instance from within any app.
The terminal window opens from the top of the screen and fills the full-screen width.
The first is to pressWin + Rto open theRun dialog.
In the text field, typewt -w _quake.
confirm you include the spaces after the t and before the underscore.
it’s possible for you to also bring up the Windows Terminal app in the normal way.
Learn how to openWindows PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator.
Even when in a full-screen app or if you could’t click a terminal shortcut in the Taskbar.
It remains active but is hidden off-screen.
To reveal the window again, press the same keyboard shortcut.
The Quake mode terminal window stretches the entire width of the screen.
By default, it will fill about half the height of the screen.
Even closing the original Windows Terminal window won’t remove the Quake mode window.
When the Quake mode terminal window is on-screen, a terminal icon will appear in the Taskbar.
you could hover over this icon and click theXon the peek preview window.
If theWindows Taskbar is not workingfor some reason, these options won’t be available.
Instead, you’re able to end the Quake mode terminal window by typingEXITin the terminal and pressingReturn.
But even if you have previously used Quake mode, the terminal will start in a normal window.
it’s possible for you to get around this by creating a modified shortcut in shell:startup.
The next time you log on to Windows, the terminal will open automatically in Quake Mode.
So instead of typingwt.exe -w _quake, enterC:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowssApps\wt.exe -w _quake.
