Don’t close Quick Terminal when dragging a file from Finder

[aaronk6]

It would be great if Quick Terminal stayed open when dragging a file, e.g., from Finder. It seems that the current behavior is that Quick Terminal closes as soon as a click outside is registered.

Screen.Recording.2025-01-09.at.15.11.48.mp4

I often drag a file to the terminal to use its path as an argument. It would be great if this could also be supported for Quick Terminal.

[mitchellh]

This is a focus loss event. You can avoid it by disabling quick-terminal-autohide.

It may be interesting to have an autohide option that is a delay though...

[aaronk6]

This is a focus loss event. You can avoid it by disabling quick-terminal-autohide.

Thanks, that helps fixing the immediate issue.

It may be interesting to have an autohide option that is a delay though...

I think it would be worth considering making an exception for the focus loss event when it comes to drag operations. The same behavior can be observed when dragging a file between Finder windows (or other applications). The currently active Finder window does not lose its focus when you click and drag a file in a different window, which is very useful.

Screen.Recording.2025-01-11.at.13.58.49.mp4

Dragging a file to Quick Terminal is a similar paradigm. Starting a drag operation outside the terminal should not lead to focus loss. What do you think?

[mitchellh]

Starting a drag operation outside the terminal should not lead to focus loss. What do you think?

I completely agree, I just need to see how that's possible on macOS.

[mitchellh]

#4946

[aaronk6]

Thanks! 🙂