Drag and drop images to set Terminal background

Feb 02, '05 09:26:00AM

Contributed by: unixjunkie

We all know that dragging a file to an open Terminal window will paste the file's full UNIX path, but here's a little twist on that. If you're dragging an image, and hold down Option when you drop the file, that image will be set as the Terminal's background image. Small but neat!

[robg adds: If you like working with imaged Terminal windows, this is a much faster method than visiting Terminal: Preferences: Color, clicking Use an image for the background, clicking Set, and then navigating to the desired picture. Note that you'll want to drag first, then press and hold Option. If you just Option-drag, you'll find the active application goes into hiding when you Option-click in the Finder, which is another trick we all know...]

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