Merge branch 'macos_hide_from_tasks' of https://github.com/cfal/kitty

kitty/cocoa_window.m

@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ macos_change_titlebar_color(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *val) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+void
+cocoa_set_hide_from_tasks(void) {
+    [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyAccessory];
+}
+
 void
 cocoa_set_titlebar_color(void *w)
 {

kitty/config.py

@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ type_map = {
     'initial_window_width': positive_int,
     'initial_window_height': positive_int,
     'macos_hide_titlebar': to_bool,
+    'macos_hide_from_tasks': to_bool,
     'macos_option_as_alt': to_bool,
     'macos_titlebar_color': macos_titlebar_color,
     'box_drawing_scale': box_drawing_scale,

kitty/glfw.c

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "glfw-wrapper.h"
 extern bool cocoa_make_window_resizable(void *w);
 extern void cocoa_create_global_menu(void);
+extern void cocoa_set_hide_from_tasks(void);
 extern void cocoa_set_titlebar_color(void *w);
 
 #if GLFW_KEY_LAST >= MAX_KEY_COUNT
@@ -375,6 +376,8 @@ create_os_window(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
         cocoa_create_global_menu();
         if (OPT(macos_option_as_alt)) glfwSetCocoaTextInputFilter(glfw_window, filter_option);
+        // This needs to be done only after the first window has been created, because glfw only sets the activation policy once upon initialization.
+        if (OPT(macos_hide_from_tasks)) cocoa_set_hide_from_tasks();
 #endif
         is_first_window = false;
     }

kitty/kitty.conf

@@ -507,4 +507,7 @@ macos_hide_titlebar no
 # break any Alt+key keyboard shortcuts in your terminal programs, but you
 # can use the macOS unicode input technique.
 macos_option_as_alt yes
+
+# Hide the kitty window from running tasks (alt-tab) on macOS.
+macos_hide_from_tasks no
 # }}}

kitty/state.c

@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ PYWRAP1(set_options) {
     S(close_on_child_death, PyObject_IsTrue);
     S(macos_option_as_alt, PyObject_IsTrue);
     S(macos_hide_titlebar, PyObject_IsTrue);
+    S(macos_hide_from_tasks, PyObject_IsTrue);
 
     PyObject *chars = PyObject_GetAttrString(opts, "select_by_word_characters");
     if (chars == NULL) return NULL;

kitty/state.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ typedef struct {
     color_type url_color, background, active_border_color, inactive_border_color;
     double repaint_delay, input_delay;
     bool focus_follows_mouse;
-    bool macos_option_as_alt, macos_hide_titlebar;
+    bool macos_option_as_alt, macos_hide_titlebar, macos_hide_from_tasks;
     int adjust_line_height_px, adjust_column_width_px;
     float adjust_line_height_frac, adjust_column_width_frac;
     float background_opacity;