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A setting to hide Terminal from Explorer window list #20683

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opened 2026-01-31 07:21:10 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:21:10 +00:00
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Originally created by @fishchev on GitHub (Oct 17, 2023).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

A setting to disable Terminal from appearing in Explorer window management features (even if Terminal window exists at the moment) - Alt+Tab, Task bar, maybe Win+Tab as well

E.g. Summon a Terminal, focus some other window (Terminal stays on screen). If you do a single alt-tab now, then it would switch back to Terminal - I have a global shortcut to summon/focus you, don't clutter and shuffle around my alt-tab index, pretty please

cmder/ConEmu can be set up that way (Task bar - Don't show ConEmu window on Taskbar + enabled always on top), I would love to have same experience.

Originally created by @fishchev on GitHub (Oct 17, 2023). ### Description of the new feature/enhancement A setting to disable Terminal from appearing in Explorer window management features (even if Terminal window exists at the moment) - Alt+Tab, Task bar, maybe Win+Tab as well E.g. Summon a Terminal, focus some other window (Terminal stays on screen). If you do a single alt-tab now, then it would switch back to Terminal - I have a global shortcut to summon/focus you, don't clutter and shuffle around my alt-tab index, _pretty please_ cmder/ConEmu can be set up that way (Task bar - Don't show ConEmu window on Taskbar + enabled always on top), I would love to have same experience.
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:21:12 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2023):

Okay, so this is even stronger than minimizeToNotificationArea. That only hides the windows from the taskbar/alt-tab when it is minimized. This would be something like that, but always.

I feel like we've heard this request before and rejected it... but I absolutely can't find the thread now. Something about messing with standard Windows UI paradigms or something. I dunno, maybe that was brash.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2023): Okay, so this is even stronger than [`minimizeToNotificationArea`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/interaction#minimize-to-notification-area). That only hides the windows from the taskbar/alt-tab when it is minimized. This would be something like that, but _always_. I _feel_ like we've heard this request before and rejected it... but I absolutely can't find the thread now. Something about messing with standard Windows UI paradigms or something. I dunno, maybe that was brash.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:21:12 +00:00
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@fishchev commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023):

Something about messing with standard Windows UI paradigms

Programmatically there seems to be no messing - quickly looked at ConEmu and it seems that all it does is passes WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW flag during window creation to Windows API
https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/blob/master/src/ConEmu/ConEmuApp.cpp#L646

The window is intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the title bar. However, you can display the system menu by right-clicking or by typing ALT+SPACE.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winmsg/extended-window-styles

If you mean paradigms as in some Windows UX guidelines, then I think it's more or less fine, as it wouldn't be the default behavior. Also it would be totally reasonable for that new setting to force minimizeToNotificationArea to be enabled (and probably always show the icon instead of just when minimized).

@fishchev commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023): > Something about messing with standard Windows UI paradigms Programmatically there seems to be no messing - quickly looked at ConEmu and it seems that all it does is passes WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW flag during window creation to Windows API https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/blob/master/src/ConEmu/ConEmuApp.cpp#L646 > The window is intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the title bar. However, you can display the system menu by right-clicking or by typing ALT+SPACE. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winmsg/extended-window-styles If you mean paradigms as in some Windows UX guidelines, then I think it's more or less fine, as it wouldn't be the default behavior. Also it would be totally reasonable for that new setting to force [`minimizeToNotificationArea`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/interaction#minimize-to-notification-area) to be enabled (and probably always show the icon instead of just when minimized).
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:21:12 +00:00
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@PankajBhojwani commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023):

Thank you for submitting this feature request!

We have talked about this as a team and this is not something we're inclined to include in the application itself - it seems like something that would fit better in a third party application (like PowerToys).

There might be third party window management tools that will allow you to customize your windows like this, if you want to look into that!

@PankajBhojwani commented on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023): Thank you for submitting this feature request! We have talked about this as a team and this is not something we're inclined to include in the application itself - it seems like something that would fit better in a third party application (like PowerToys). There might be third party window management tools that will allow you to customize your windows like this, if you want to look into that!
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