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No option to remove HyperTerm from "cmd+tab" menu?

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#671 opened on Aug 29, 2016

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Description

Apologies on the title. I tried digging around a bit, but was unable to find a way to hide HyperTerm (later HT) from this menu:

cmd+tab

As I'm using HT as a so called "dropdown terminal" and opening it with a hotkey, it being in the "cmd+tab" menu severely impacts my workflow. As you probably know, switching applications modifies the order in which applications are listed in this menu. So when I'm juggling with Chrome + Photoshop + Atom, activating HT with the hotkey also moves it to be the first item in this menu. So when I want to switch from Chrome to Atom, I accidentally open HT instead.

This was a rather easy fix in iTerm, and the fix works the same way. Just change "iTerm" to HyperTerm, and restart.

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :LSUIElement bool true" /Applications/HyperTerm.app/Contents/Info.plist

Easy fix, but this could (and should be?) an option in the config? I have the "hideDock" config option set to false, but it doesn't affect this.

This is OSX only, but the same feature is probably implementable in Windows & Linux too.

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typescriptnodejselectron
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desktop
Issue type
feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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40
Research direction
The issue requests adding a configuration option to hide Hyper from the app switcher (cmd+tab) on macOS. The workaround involves adding 'LSUIElement' to Info.plist. To implement, you would need to modify the Electron main process to set the application's LSUIElement at runtime or via configuration. Check the existing config system in hyper's source code, likely in `app/config.js` or similar. Look at Electron's `app.dock.hide()` and `app.setActivationPolicy()` methods. The issue suggests a boolean option like 'hideDock' but for app switcher behavior. You may need to create a new config key and apply it during app startup. The first comment might contain additional context (but we see only 1 comment). No linked PRs or maintainer response. The issue is old and might be considered stale, but it's still open.