Global hotkey & mini mode
⌥Space — summon from anywhere
Press ⌥Space (Option-Space) in any app and Terminal Candy drops in over whatever you’re doing. Press it again and it slips away.
- Works system-wide — no Accessibility permission required (it uses the native macOS hotkey API, not input monitoring)
- The terminal keeps its session; you’re toggling visibility, not restarting anything
- Great for the “fire off a command / check on the agent, get back to work” loop
Since the areas outside the skin’s body are click-through (pixel-perfect hit-testing), a summoned device floats over your work without stealing the whole screen.
⌘M — mini mode
⌘M strips the skin and gives you a plain, resizable macOS window — traffic lights, native tab bar, no artwork. Press ⌘M again to put the skin back on.
Use it when you need maximum terminal real estate (a big log dump, a wide table) and want the costume back afterward. Sessions carry over exactly — same shell, same scrollback.
Related
- All bindings are remappable — see Keyboard shortcuts
- New windows and the skin picker: ⌘N