console2 - how to make it fullscreen?

Question

Is there any way to make console2 go fullscreen? I edit settings and increase window and buffer size but when I restart settings are reset to 63 rows in window size.

Not sure, it can be an exact answer to the question, but I am an author of another console emulator. One of long feature list - is maximized and fullscreen modes. http://stackoverflow.com/a/10904494/1405560 — Maximus, Jun 11 '12 at 06:51

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '13 at 05:10

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I've found that the maximise button is disabled, but you can get around it by setting Run option of the executable's shortcut to Maximised.

Shortcut Settings

Better yet you can hide the window title bar in Console2's settings (Appearance > More... > Caption).

Console2 Settings

Here's the final result:

Final Result

answered Jun 13 '13 at 05:10

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this works great, however if you set up a global hotkey to switch to the console, it resizes back down.. cant find a fix. Did you have this issue? – tdc Nov 05 '13 at 00:02
Indeed, I have found that the window will resize under certain conditions/action but haven't found a fix either... I'm able to live with it by just avoiding the pitfalls. – Corin Jul 02 '15 at 02:01
When I start i maximized, then it goes beyond my task-manager. So if I write full screen of code, then I'll never be able to see the lowest 5 lines (due to the taskbar covering it). Therefor I voted Piotr Perak's answer up. But this is neat as well. – Zeth Aug 07 '15 at 09:22
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By the way... If someone else (like me) hide the menu, and don't know how to enable it again, then go to the folder where Console2.exe is located, open then file: console.xml and set show_menu to be = 1. – Zeth Aug 07 '15 at 09:31
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@Zeth alternatively, you can enable menu bar, by clicking "ctrl+s", then in "Appearance > More", check "Show Menu" in controls – Rahul Reddy May 04 '16 at 07:03

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '15 at 19:55

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So, I've found this fork of Console2 which is amazingly better, it's called ConsoleZ:

https://github.com/cbucher/console/wiki/Downloads

Besides the maximization, it provides find in tabs, fullscreen mode and split tabs. Totally worth to check it out, IMHO.

EDIT

Forgot to mention, you can just download and replace the binaries, and all your configurations will be kept, as far as I've perceived.

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answered Apr 20 '15 at 19:55

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Currently I am using http://gooseberrycreative.com/cmder/. I will check ConsoleZ though. Thanks. – Piotr Perak Apr 21 '15 at 06:55
what u mean by replace the binary? replace the console2 binary with consolez binary? – slier Mar 28 '16 at 04:30

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 09 '15 at 19:16

OK I managed to do it on win7 but still no luck on XP. This is how I did it.

In Settings→Behavior, check the Initial position checkbox and left the X and Y as default 0
Restart console
After restart, resize window dragging the borders to fill whole screen
Restart again
In Settings→Appearance→More uncheck Caption and Border

I don't know why just entering rows and columns doesn't work. One has to resize the window and restart.

On my screen with this font it is 62 rows (with space left for tabs on bottom) and 238 columns. I have 24" monitor. I set font to be Consolas size 11.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 20:25

You can change the number of rows to change tab settings.
Click "Edit"->"Setting"->"Tabs" and click "Add" button. Then, the new entry which name is "Console" appears in the tab name list. In the main tab menu on the bottom, input these two parameters in the fields.

Title: Cygwin
Shell: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i

At last, move up the "Cygwin" entry to the top and restart console2. Now you can change the number of rows.

The detail how to configure tab settings is here.
https://openshift.redhat.com/community/blogs/upgrade-cygwin-to-console2-and-improve-the-productivity-of-openshifts-rhc-client-tools-on-wind

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 22:59

In order to make Console2 have the desired window size (even when opening a new tab which generally causes the entire app's window to resize to smaller), do the following:

View -> Console Window
In the console window that pops up, right-click its title bar and select Properties
Set the window width/height and buffer sizes as you like and click OK

Cheers

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 11:14

I founded a small program called, sizer 3.34, that configure the window size of every program window you have.

When installed, it apears at the popup menu, when you click with the secundary mouse button at the top bar of a window. It allows you to config the three size profiles it has, and to add one, or more, if you want.

I think is a good solution for this issue (and for another programms that would have the same problem).

Reggards.

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