Bug 357965

Summary: [Regression] Konsole does not allow its hotkey to show/hide Konsole (à la Yakuake, Kuake, Guake, Tilda, the "terminal emulator" present in Quake and other games, etc.)
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Ganton <kubry>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: justin.zobel, lemaitre.dulotus
Priority: NOR    
Version: 15.08.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ganton 2016-01-14 07:36:03 UTC
[Regression] Konsole does not allow its hotkey to show/hide Konsole (à la Yakuake, Kuake, Guake, Tilda, the "terminal emulator" present in Quake and other games, etc.). That functionality is known as the "background mode" of Konsole.

Previously, a real Konsole survey was done. It was answered by more than 8000 people and the background mode was developed because of this. Robert Knight, a former main developer of Konsole, wrote in http://kdemonkey.blogspot.com.es/2007/04/easter-holiday-terminal-update.html: 

> Implemented a Yakuake-style 'background mode' for Konsole. This means that a shell session 
> is started in the background, which can be displayed or hidden instantly from anywhere by 
> pressing a global shortcut [...] 

> Thanks also to everyone, all 8000+ of you, who took the time to complete the Konsole survey. 
> Your feedback is much appreciated. I have summarised about 2/3rds of the results ( available 
> here [^1] ) so far, and already this week I implemented a number of changes based on the 
> results ( Background mode, SSH bookmarks ). There were many kind words for the developers 
> ( past and present ), always appreciated :) 

> [^1]: https://github.com/robertknight/konsole/blob/master/developer-doc/research/konsole-survey-findings


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Execute: konsole --background-mode
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+F12
3. Nothing happens. it does no longer work?



If anybody needs more information, please ask.
Comment 1 Ganton 2017-06-29 16:07:15 UTC
In https://bugs.kde.org/320783 more information can be seen about the regression.
Comment 2 fire f. 2019-12-17 16:14:32 UTC
works now after a recent commit. close this?
Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2020-11-13 06:42:42 UTC
Ganton can you please test and confirm if this issue is still occurring or if this bug report can be marked as resolved. I'm setting status to "needsinfo" pending your response, please change back to "reported" or "resolved" when you respond, thanks.
Comment 4 Ganton 2020-11-17 21:35:50 UTC
It seems to work using Kubuntu 20.10. Thank you very much!

Using Konsole is much better than switching to e.g. Yakuake and losing features :-)