DropTerm

A native, Yakuake/Guake-style drop-down terminal for the COSMIC desktop (Pop!_OS 24.04+, Wayland, cosmic-comp), written in Rust with libcosmic.

The terminal slides down from the top (or bottom) edge of the screen and is toggled with a global keyboard shortcut. It is a true layer-shell overlay — not a minimize/restore window trick — so it stays above other windows, is hidden from Alt-Tab and the dock, and keeps your shell session alive while hidden.

Start here

Common tasks - the task-shaped entry point: the exact key or verb for what you want to do
Configuration - all 52 config keys, profiles, and direct editing
Keybindings - every default chord and how to rebind
CLI reference - scripting the running instance: new tabs, the tab verbs, --is-visible
Panel applet - toggling DropTerm and reading its state from the COSMIC panel
FAQ - the recurring questions, answered directly

In depth

Settings drawer - the five sections and when each edit applies
Status bar - the 28 px glance band: segments, click-to-copy, selection, its menu
Session persistence - what is saved, when, and how restore behaves
Theming - the Application theme pin and the 12 built-in color schemes
Slide animation - the 130 ms slide and its reversal rules
Bell notifications - hidden-terminal bells and the per-tab latch
Inline images - imgcat and OSC 1337: images render in the terminal and scroll away with the output
Release notes - what each tagged release changed, curated and linked

Building and contributing

Development - the dev loop and running without a shortcut
Testing - the manual test checklist every change answers to
Architecture - the module map and the load-bearing seams

Decisions

Research & decision log - why each non-trivial feature looks the way it does, with the rejected alternatives: peer surveys across terminals, panel-visibility protocol findings, packaging rulings.

Installing from a release or from source, the shortcut setup walk, credits, and the roadmap live in the README and ROADMAP on GitHub.