microsoft/Terminal

Exclude Quake window from FancyZones

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#10,197 opened on May 26, 2021

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

When I summon quake window while using FancyZones it snaps to the same zone where main terminal window is located.

Started fresh terminal instance:

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Summoned quake window:

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To solve this problem I can exclude WindowsTerminal.exe from FancyZones, but this way I won't be able to manage regular terminal windows with FancyZones. It would be better if we could exclude only the quake window, but not the other ones.

Proposed technical implementation details

As I understand, FancyZones uses application executable name for its Exclude rules (might be wrong, tho), thus it could be possible to create a separate executable for quake window, so we could exclude only this one. It's a dirty fix, but it can do the job if there is no other option.

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Research direction
Investigate how the quake window is created in Windows Terminal and how FancyZones handles window snapping. Look for existing code that handles exclusion rules based on executable name. Consider if an alternative approach like a window property or message can be used to distinguish the quake window from other instances.
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cpp
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desktop
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