HyperTerm Overlay

A complete and customizable solution for a permanent / dropdown / hotkey / overlay window in your Hyper.app, accessible via hotkeys and/or toolbar icon (tray).

Important: Designed for Hyper.app >= 0.7.0

Install

Edit your ~/.hyper.js (Cmd+,) and insert the hyperterm-overlay in your plugins array:

plugins: [
  'hyperterm-overlay'
],

Configuration

Add overlay in your ~/.hyper.js config. The configuration below shows all possibilities with their respective default values.

module.exports = {
  config: {
    // other configs...
    overlay: {
      alwaysOnTop: true,
      animate: true,
      hasShadow: false,
      hideDock: false,
      hideOnBlur: false,
      hotkeys: ['Option+Space'],
      position: 'top',
      primaryDisplay: false,
      resizable: true,
      startAlone: false,
      startup: false,
      size: 0.4,
      tray: true,
      unique: false
    }
  },
  //...
};

alwaysOnTop

• Value: true or false
• Default: true
• Makes Hyperterm Overlay window stay always on top.

animate

• Value: true or false
• Default: true
• Enable animation when show and hide the window.

hasShadow

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Controls the default macOS window shadows.

hideOnBlur

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Hides the HyperTerm Overlay when it loses focus.

hideDock

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Removes the HyperTerm dock icon. It works only when the unique option is activated.

hotkeys

• Value: array of hotkey strings
• Default: ['Option+Space']
• Specify one or more hotkeys to show and hide the HyperTerm Overlay (see: Accelerator)

position

• Value: 'top', 'bottom', 'left' or 'right'
• Default: 'top'
• Choose where HyperTerm Overlay will be positioned: top, bottom, left or right.

primaryDisplay

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Show HyperTerm Overlay only on primary display.

resizable

• Value: true or false
• Default: true
• Allow the HyperTerm Overlay be resizable.

size

• Value: float or number
• Default: 0.4
• The size of HyperTerm Overlay when it is showing. The possible values are a number or a float. If is a number, it represents the size um pixels. Else, if is a float, it means the percentage of the screen.

startAlone

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Makes HyperTerm Overlay the unique window displayed when started.
• Other windows started will be default Hyper.app windows.

startup

• Value: true or false
• Default: true
• Open HyperTerm Overlay on Hyper.app startup.

tray

• Value: true or false
• Default: true
• Add icon to the system notification area, for access HyperTerm Overlay.

unique

• Value: true or false
• Default: false
• Makes HyperTerm Overlay the unique window of Hyper.app. Any other window will be removed.

Licence

MIT