config: support quick terminal position

macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
 
     @IBAction func toggleQuickTerminal(_ sender: Any) {
         if quickController == nil {
-            quickController = QuickTerminalController(ghostty, baseConfig: nil)
+            quickController = QuickTerminalController(
+                ghostty,
+                position: ghostty.config.quickTerminalPosition
+            )
         }
 
         guard let quickController = self.quickController else { return }

macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalPosition.swift

@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 import Cocoa
 
-enum QuickTerminalPosition {
+enum QuickTerminalPosition : String {
     case top
+    case bottom
+    case left
+    case right
 
     /// Set the loaded state for a window.
     func setLoaded(_ window: NSWindow) {
         guard let screen = window.screen ?? NSScreen.main else { return }
         switch (self) {
-        case .top:
+        case .top, .bottom:
             window.setFrame(.init(
                 origin: window.frame.origin,
                 size: .init(
                     width: screen.frame.width,
                     height: screen.frame.height / 4)
             ), display: false)
+
+        case .left, .right:
+            window.setFrame(.init(
+                origin: window.frame.origin,
+                size: .init(
+                    width: screen.frame.width / 4,
+                    height: screen.frame.height)
+            ), display: false)
         }
     }
 
@@ -23,15 +34,10 @@ enum QuickTerminalPosition {
         window.alphaValue = 0
 
         // Position depends
-        switch (self) {
+        window.setFrame(.init(
-        case .top:
+            origin: initialOrigin(for: window, on: screen),
-            window.setFrame(.init(
+            size: window.frame.size
-                origin: initialOrigin(for: window, on: screen),
+        ), display: false)
-                size: .init(
-                    width: screen.frame.width,
-                    height: window.frame.height)
-            ), display: false)
-        }
     }
 
     /// Set the final state for a window in this position.
@@ -40,21 +46,21 @@ enum QuickTerminalPosition {
         window.alphaValue = 1
 
         // Position depends
-        switch (self) {
+        window.setFrame(.init(
-        case .top:
+            origin: finalOrigin(for: window, on: screen),
-            window.setFrame(.init(
+            size: window.frame.size
-                origin: finalOrigin(for: window, on: screen),
+        ), display: true)
-                size: window.frame.size
-            ), display: true)
-        }
     }
 
     /// Restrict the frame size during resizing.
     func restrictFrameSize(_ size: NSSize, on screen: NSScreen) -> NSSize {
         var finalSize = size
         switch (self) {
-        case .top:
+        case .top, .bottom:
             finalSize.width = screen.frame.width
+
+        case .left, .right:
+            finalSize.height = screen.frame.height
         }
 
         return finalSize
@@ -65,6 +71,15 @@ enum QuickTerminalPosition {
         switch (self) {
         case .top:
             return .init(x: 0, y: screen.frame.maxY)
+
+        case .bottom:
+            return .init(x: 0, y: -window.frame.height)
+
+        case .left:
+            return .init(x: -window.frame.width, y: 0)
+
+        case .right:
+            return .init(x: screen.frame.maxX, y: 0)
         }
     }
 
@@ -73,6 +88,15 @@ enum QuickTerminalPosition {
         switch (self) {
         case .top:
             return .init(x: window.frame.origin.x, y: screen.visibleFrame.maxY - window.frame.height)
+
+        case .bottom:
+            return .init(x: window.frame.origin.x, y: 0)
+
+        case .left:
+            return .init(x: 0, y: window.frame.origin.y)
+
+        case .right:
+            return .init(x: screen.visibleFrame.maxX - window.frame.width, y: window.frame.origin.y)
         }
     }
 }

macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Config.swift

@@ -332,6 +332,16 @@ extension Ghostty {
             return Color(newColor)
         }
 
+        var quickTerminalPosition: QuickTerminalPosition {
+            guard let config = self.config else { return .top }
+            var v: UnsafePointer<Int8>? = nil
+            let key = "quick-terminal-position"
+            guard ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count)) else { return .top }
+            guard let ptr = v else { return .top }
+            let str = String(cString: ptr)
+            return QuickTerminalPosition(rawValue: str) ?? .top
+        }
+
         var resizeOverlay: ResizeOverlay {
             guard let config = self.config else { return .after_first }
             var v: UnsafePointer<Int8>? = nil

src/config/Config.zig

@@ -1220,6 +1220,13 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// window is ever created. Only implemented on Linux.
 @"initial-window": bool = true,
 
+/// The position of the "quick" terminal window. To learn more about the
+/// quick terminal, see the documentation for the `toggle_quick_terminal`
+/// binding action.
+///
+/// Changing this configuration requires restarting Ghostty completely.
+@"quick-terminal-position": QuickTerminalPosition = .top,
+
 /// Whether to enable shell integration auto-injection or not. Shell integration
 /// greatly enhances the terminal experience by enabling a number of features:
 ///
@@ -4401,6 +4408,14 @@ pub const ResizeOverlayPosition = enum {
     @"bottom-right",
 };
 
+/// See quick-terminal-position
+pub const QuickTerminalPosition = enum {
+    top,
+    bottom,
+    left,
+    right,
+};
+
 /// See grapheme-width-method
 pub const GraphemeWidthMethod = enum {
     legacy,

src/input/Binding.zig

@@ -402,10 +402,6 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     ///
     crash: CrashThread,
 
-    pub const QuickTerminalPosition = enum {
-        top,
-    };
-
     pub const CrashThread = enum {
         main,
         io,