feat: add Ctrl+Cmd+T global shortcut for Terminal tab

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: grimmerk

src/electron-api.d.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ interface IElectronAPI {
   onFolderSelected: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
   onWorkingFolderIterated: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
   onFocusWindow: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
+  onSwitchToTerminal: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
+  onCheckTerminalAndHide: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
   onXWinNotFound: (callback: IpcCallback) => void;
 
   // AI Assistant insight events
@@ -108,9 +110,9 @@ interface IElectronAPI {
   searchConversations: (searchTerm: string) => Promise<any>;
 
   // Keyboard shortcuts
-  getShortcuts: () => Promise<{ quickSwitcher: string; aiInsight: string; aiChat: string }>;
+  getShortcuts: () => Promise<{ quickSwitcher: string; aiInsight: string; aiChat: string; terminal: string }>;
   setShortcut: (key: string, accelerator: string) => Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }>;
-  resetShortcuts: () => Promise<{ quickSwitcher: string; aiInsight: string; aiChat: string }>;
+  resetShortcuts: () => Promise<{ quickSwitcher: string; aiInsight: string; aiChat: string; terminal: string }>;
   pauseShortcut: (key: string) => Promise<void>;
   resumeShortcut: (key: string) => Promise<void>;
 

src/main.ts

@@ -1205,6 +1205,7 @@ const trayToggleEvtHandler = async () => {
     quickSwitcher: 'Command+Control+R',
     aiInsight: 'Command+Control+E',
     aiChat: 'Command+Control+C',
+    terminal: 'Command+Control+T',
   };
 
   // Shortcut callback: Quick Switcher
@@ -1516,11 +1517,27 @@ const trayToggleEvtHandler = async () => {
     // End of the new implementation
   };
 
+  // Shortcut callback: Terminal (Ctrl+Cmd+T) — toggle behavior like Quick Switcher
+  const terminalCallback = () => {
+    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
+      switcherWindow = createSwitcherWindow();
+    }
+    const window = getSwitcherWindow();
+    if (window && window.isVisible()) {
+      // If already showing Terminal tab, hide; otherwise switch to Terminal
+      window.webContents.send('check-terminal-and-hide');
+    } else if (window) {
+      window.webContents.send('switch-to-terminal');
+      showSwitcherWindow();
+    }
+  };
+
   // Map shortcut keys to their callbacks
   const shortcutCallbacks: Record<string, () => void> = {
     quickSwitcher: quickSwitcherCallback,
     aiInsight: aiInsightCallback,
     aiChat: aiChatCallback,
+    terminal: terminalCallback,
   };
 
   // Register all shortcuts from settings (or defaults)
@@ -1542,6 +1559,7 @@ const trayToggleEvtHandler = async () => {
     quickSwitcher: ((await settings.get('shortcut-quickSwitcher')) as string) || DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.quickSwitcher,
     aiInsight: ((await settings.get('shortcut-aiInsight')) as string) || DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.aiInsight,
     aiChat: ((await settings.get('shortcut-aiChat')) as string) || DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.aiChat,
+    terminal: ((await settings.get('shortcut-terminal')) as string) || DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.terminal,
   });
 
   const syncTrayShortcuts = async () => {

src/popup.tsx

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ const PopupDefaultExample = ({
     quickSwitcher: 'Command+Control+R',
     aiInsight: 'Command+Control+E',
     aiChat: 'Command+Control+C',
+    terminal: 'Command+Control+T',
   });
   const [editingShortcut, setEditingShortcut] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [shortcutError, setShortcutError] = useState('');
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ const PopupDefaultExample = ({
         quickSwitcher: defaults.quickSwitcher,
         aiInsight: defaults.aiInsight,
         aiChat: defaults.aiChat,
+        terminal: defaults.terminal,
       });
     }
     setEditingShortcut(null);
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ const PopupDefaultExample = ({
     { key: 'quickSwitcher', label: 'Quick Switcher' },
     { key: 'aiInsight', label: 'AI Insight' },
     { key: 'aiChat', label: 'AI Chat' },
+    { key: 'terminal', label: 'Terminal' },
   ];
 
   return (

src/preload.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
     ipcRenderer.on('working-folder-iterated', callback),
   openExternal: (url: string) => ipcRenderer.send('open-external', url),
   onFocusWindow: (callback: any) => ipcRenderer.on('window-focus', callback),
+  onSwitchToTerminal: (callback: any) => ipcRenderer.on('switch-to-terminal', callback),
+  onCheckTerminalAndHide: (callback: any) => ipcRenderer.on('check-terminal-and-hide', callback),
   onXWinNotFound: (callback: any) => ipcRenderer.on('xwin-not-found', callback),
 
   // Listen for code to explain in the ai assistant window

src/switcher-ui.tsx

@@ -491,6 +491,20 @@ function SwitcherApp() {
       forceFocusOnInput();
     });
 
+    window.electronAPI.onSwitchToTerminal(() => {
+      modeRef.current = 'terminal';
+      setMode('terminal');
+    });
+
+    window.electronAPI.onCheckTerminalAndHide(() => {
+      if (modeRef.current === 'terminal') {
+        window.electronAPI.hideApp();
+      } else {
+        modeRef.current = 'terminal';
+        setMode('terminal');
+      }
+    });
+
     // Data refresh on window focus:
     // - Projects: always refetch (complements tab-switch which doesn't refetch projects)
     // - Sessions: only refetch if sessions tab is active (tab-switch already fetches on entry)