gnome-shell-extension-ddterm VS guake

DDTerm is "Another Drop Down Terminal Extension for GNOME Shell" and has managed to be a perfect drop-in replacement for Guake for me. It supports, among other things:

From the looks of this issue it seems it'll be sorted out pretty soon, or do you really need it that badly?

ddterm

I found this: ddterm/gnome-shell-extension-ddterm Which looks like a good alternative to Guake terminal, but I realized during the install process is that it's for Gnome Shell, not Gnome-terminal, so the command gnome-extensions install is not available unless I install gnome shell.

AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support Because it's needed, and GS doesn't provide for it. Bluetooth Quick Connect Until GS supports this by default. [Caffeine] Because that's how it should be by default. Clipboard History Because I frequently need several bits of text to paste at different times, and my workflow is often non-linear. ddterm Because I frequently use the terminal for small one-off operations and I prefer to summon and dismiss the terminal with one keystroke whenever needed. Besides, it's one of the best terminal emulators for GS. Dim On Battery Power Because GS doesn't do that, and it should. GSConnect Obviously. Hot Edge Because it greatly simplifies workflow and eliminates the need for a dock extension. Primary Input on LockScreen Because Gnome devs haven't fixed this bug for ages, and it's frustrating to have non-latin layouts even available for the system password input. Unite Because it takes care of focusing windows that demand attention and removing titlebars on maximized windows (precious vertical real estate). I also use it for aesthetic purposes: to remove the Activities button, to display the current window title instead of it (very handy with maximized browser - shows the page title using almost all the space left of the clock), and also to shrink the distance between panel items (Unite does it better than Just Perfection).

I use DDTERM (aka dropdown terminal). I bound it to F1, it isn't used for anything.

Thank you for mentioning ddterm! I've been using it all week and it's great.

Discovering the drop down console was a revelation.

An homage: http://guake-project.org/

One of the very first things I do is to install Guake terminal. I usually change its hotkey to ctrl-alt-T, because I'm so used to using that for the terminal.

Maybe Guake will be to your liking?

I did discover one irrelevant cool thing though, well worth your time playing with: GUAKE --> http://guake-project.org

Guake does it, too (on Linux).

I'm not sure which desktop or window manager you use, but you could try using a drop-down terminal like Guake and running pulsemixer on a tab in it.