AutoHotkey Windows drop down terminal

dropdown_terminal.ahk

;; Jon Dolan ;;
;; V1.0 - March 5th, 2017 ;;

;; Windows emulator for Yakuake/Guake written in AHK (https://autohotkey.com) ;;
;; Provies drop down capabilities to whatever Windows terminal program you please ;;

;; By default, this script uses Bitvise xterm with the hotkey F12 ;;
;; But it is configurable by changing the global variables below ;;

;; To compile this script after changing it to your liking: ;;
;; https://autohotkey.com/docs/Scripts.htm#ahk2exe	;;
;; Best to just download/install autohotkey and right click on the .ahk file and select "compile" ;) ;;



;;;;;;;;; GLOBAL AHK SETTINGS (DO NOT MODIFY) ;;;;;;;;;
#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.



;;;;;;;;; GLOBAL VARIABLES (CHANGE THESE!) ;;;;;;;;;
; title of the terminal window
; note - this script will do nothing if there is no matching window
; choose a uniquely identifiable substring of your terminal program's title
win_title = Bitvise xterm

; hotkey to open/hide/unhide
; choose from https://autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm
hotkey = F12

; window resizing options
win_width_percent  = 100 ; set to 0 to disable
win_height_percent = 50 ; set to 0 to disable
win_visible_transparency = 200	; the transparency of the terminal window when it is visible 0 (transparent) through 255 (opaque)



;;;;;;;;; SCRIPT (DO NOT MODIFY) ;;;;;;;;;
SetTitleMatchMode, RegEx
Hotkey, %hotkey%, TheHotKey	; initialize the hotkey specified above

win_topleft_x := A_ScreenWidth * ((100 - win_width_percent)/2)/100 ; calculate the top left (x,y)
win_topleft_y := 0

win_height := A_ScreenHeight * (win_height_percent/100) ; calculate the window width, height
win_width := A_ScreenWidth * (win_width_percent/100)

currentWindow := 0
previousWindow := 0 ; so we can restore focus to previous window

loop {	; loop infinitely
	WinGet, currentWindow, ID, A	; get the current active window
	
	WinWaitNotActive, ahk_id %currentWindow% 	; wait until that window is not active anymore
	
	IfWinNotActive, %win_title%			; if our terminal window is no longer active (it was and then it was clicked out), make sure it's hidden
		WinSet, Transparent, On, %win_title%
	
	previousWindow := currentWindow	; so we can keep track of previous window
}

TheHotKey: ; setup our hotkey
	IfWinExist, %win_title% ; ensure our window even exists
	{
		WinMove, %win_title%,, %win_topleft_x%, %win_topleft_y%, %win_width%, %win_height%	; make sure it's in the correct location and has correct size
		IfWinNotActive, %win_title%	; if the window is not active and our hotkey was fired, let's show it
		{
			WinSet, Transparent, %win_visible_transparency%, %win_title%
			WinActivate, %win_title%
		}
		Else	; if the window is active and our hotkey was fired, let's hide it and active the previous window
		{
			WinSet, Transparent, On, %win_title%
			WinActivate, ahk_id %previousWindow%
		}
	}
	return

How would you make Control + Shift + Space the hotkey for this? I also found that if I was searching something in the browser (thus making the name of the tab the same as my program potentially ala PowerShell) it might be able to invoke the browser instead of the shell. Any way of constricting the search so that it is exact matches only? Great script by the way!

I was lazy at first but then solved the issues myself on my fork of your gist. Thanks again for this super useful thing!

Fantastic! I've been trying to figure this out to replace Cmder with the new Windows Terminal. Had a slight problem with the window not being 100% width despite being configured as such (it was 8px short on both sides). A little pixel-pushing and its just right. Thanks for doing the hard part!