iTerm2 – How to Pin Visor (Hotkey) Window

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Is there anyway to pin (keep on top) the Visor / hotkey window for iTerm2?

Every time I give focus to another window (e.g. Chrome for documentation), iTerm2's hotkey window disappears. I have to invoke the hotkey again in order to start typing.

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Yes, as long as you have version 3.0.0 or later (or pre-release versions). If you go to the "Keys" tab in iTerm2's preferences, you should see the "Hotkey window hides when focus is lost" checkbox in the "Hotkey" section. Uncheck it.

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Split window programmatically with iTerm

You can easily call this from iTerm2 directly to simulate pressing ⌘D:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code 2 using command down'

For this to work you want to start the programs in background, since otherwise you cannot run osascript:

some-command &
osascript -e '…'

From there on you'll land in a new iTerm2 window, so you need to use the write text option in AppleScript to run further shell commands. See here for more: How do I set up an AppleScript to open a new iTerm2 tab and change the directory?

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In iTerm2's preferences (Cmd + ,), change General > Startup from Open Default Window Arrangement to Use System Window Restoration Setting.

In System Preferences, turn off General > Close windows when quitting an app.

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