Add centralized documentation for window modes (full screen, focus, quake)

[Copilot]

Users were confused about the differences between full screen, focus mode, and quake mode—they appear similar but behave differently. Documentation was scattered across multiple files.

Changes

• New window-modes.md: Centralized documentation with:

  • Comparison table showing which UI elements are visible, default sizes, and use cases
  • Detailed characteristics and activation methods for each mode (keyboard, command palette, CLI, settings)
  • Visual comparisons explaining the key difference: full screen expands the window, focus mode hides UI at current size, quake mode is a special top-half drop-down
  • Mode combination guidance (e.g., full screen + focus, maximizedFocus)

• Updated TOC.yml: Added page after "Panes" section

Quick reference added

Mode	Tabs	Title bar	Border	Size	Use case
Full screen	Optional	No	No	Full monitor	Maximum space
Focus mode	No	No	No	Current	Distraction-free
Quake mode	No	No	No	Top half	Quick drop-down access

Original prompt

---

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Difference between full screen, focus mode and quake window</issue_title>
<issue_description>From @htcfreek in microsoft/terminal#13799

What is the difference and correct usage of the follwoing window types:

• full screen window
• focus window
• quake mode window

For me the full screen window looks the same as an fokus window except that a fokus window is not on the full screen. Both have not tab row, title bar and window border. Here is a screenshot of wt after enabling the "focus mode":

If I choose "Show/hide quake window" in the command palette on a normal window, nothing happens. Same on a quake window.

maintainer note: maybe we just need a top-level "focus mode" page, or a top-level "features" with something like focus mode (& cmdpal, search, ) under it
</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Difference between full screen, focus mode and quake window #573

---

✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.

[learn-build-service-prod]

Learn Build status updates of commit acb5a30:

✅ Validation status: passed

For more details, please refer to the build report.

[learn-build-service-prod]

PoliCheck Scan Report

The following report lists PoliCheck issues in PR files. Before you merge the PR, you must fix all severity-1 and severity-2 issues. The AI Review Details column lists suggestions for either removing or replacing the terms. If you find a false positive result, mention it in a PR comment and include this text: #policheck-false-positive. This feedback helps reduce false positives in future scans.

✅ No issues found

More information about PoliCheck

Information: PoliCheck | Severity Guidance | Term
For any questions: Try searching the learn.microsoft.com contributor guides or post your question in the Learn support channel.

[learn-build-service-prod]

Learn Build status updates of commit cdc5400:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
TerminalDocs/TOC.yml	✅Succeeded	View
TerminalDocs/window-modes.md	✅Succeeded	View

For more details, please refer to the build report.

[learn-build-service-prod]

PoliCheck Scan Report

The following report lists PoliCheck issues in PR files. Before you merge the PR, you must fix all severity-1 and severity-2 issues. The AI Review Details column lists suggestions for either removing or replacing the terms. If you find a false positive result, mention it in a PR comment and include this text: #policheck-false-positive. This feedback helps reduce false positives in future scans.

✅ No issues found

More information about PoliCheck

Information: PoliCheck | Severity Guidance | Term
For any questions: Try searching the learn.microsoft.com contributor guides or post your question in the Learn support channel.

[learn-build-service-prod]

Learn Build status updates of commit d8e01cd:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
TerminalDocs/TOC.yml	✅Succeeded	View
TerminalDocs/window-modes.md	✅Succeeded	View

For more details, please refer to the build report.

[learn-build-service-prod]

PoliCheck Scan Report

The following report lists PoliCheck issues in PR files. Before you merge the PR, you must fix all severity-1 and severity-2 issues. The AI Review Details column lists suggestions for either removing or replacing the terms. If you find a false positive result, mention it in a PR comment and include this text: #policheck-false-positive. This feedback helps reduce false positives in future scans.

✅ No issues found

More information about PoliCheck

Information: PoliCheck | Severity Guidance | Term
For any questions: Try searching the learn.microsoft.com contributor guides or post your question in the Learn support channel.

[learn-build-service-prod]

Learn Build status updates of commit a37159b:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
TerminalDocs/TOC.yml	✅Succeeded	View
TerminalDocs/window-modes.md	✅Succeeded	View

For more details, please refer to the build report.

[learn-build-service-prod]

Learn Build status updates of commit 0ad0714:

✅ Validation status: passed

File	Status	Preview URL	Details
TerminalDocs/TOC.yml	✅Succeeded	View
TerminalDocs/window-modes.md	✅Succeeded	View

For more details, please refer to the build report.

[learn-build-service-prod]

PoliCheck Scan Report

The following report lists PoliCheck issues in PR files. Before you merge the PR, you must fix all severity-1 and severity-2 issues. The AI Review Details column lists suggestions for either removing or replacing the terms. If you find a false positive result, mention it in a PR comment and include this text: #policheck-false-positive. This feedback helps reduce false positives in future scans.

✅ No issues found

More information about PoliCheck

Information: PoliCheck | Severity Guidance | Term
For any questions: Try searching the learn.microsoft.com contributor guides or post your question in the Learn support channel.