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10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window Apps
If you have multiple tabs in a Terminal window, then dragging a tab vertically rips it off and displays it in its own window, as described in this hint.

During the drag, the window is translucent as it moves around, allowing you to see what is underneath without having to change the opacity in Terminal's preferences -- the 100% opacity setting is not changed.

Now, if only a single tab is open (View -> Show Tab Bar in a new window), and you drag it vertically first, then the entire window moves around. As above, the window is translucent while dragging, allowing you to see what is underneath. This is a quick-and-easy way to see what's behind your Terminal window without moving it out of the way and then replacing it, or by permanently changing its translucency. Just pull vertically a small amount, then hold down the mouse button until you've read what you want to read.

NOTE: You must start the drag vertically. If you move the mouse horizontally first, Terminal just moves the tab in the tab bar and the window doesn't move.
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10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window
Authored by: slb on Mar 27, '08 03:50:45PM

Or...set your default window to transparent.

Yikes.



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10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window
Authored by: rsfinn on Mar 27, '08 06:01:34PM

Which part of "temporarily" didn't you understand? Sheesh. :-)

I admit when I saw the headline I hoped it would be something more straightforward, like hold down control-option or something.



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10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window
Authored by: mantrid on Mar 27, '08 04:04:09PM

I like this hint - it's almost as good as the old window shade effect for peeking behind individual terminal windows (I wish it worked in other apps).

Expose and "Hide" don't cover individual windows, and minimize is useless, making the user go all the way to the Dock or menubar to restore it again.

Full-time translucency is cool and all, but sucks for readability (witness the menubar backlash in 10.5.0-1).

To expand on the hint, the effect also works with background windows using the old Cmd-drag technique.



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10.5: Temporarily create a translucent Terminal window
Authored by: jethro1138 on Mar 27, '08 10:00:06PM

Wait, terminal has tabs now?

/observant



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