diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 1611541d1..47302f302 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     @IBOutlet private var menuIncreaseFontSize: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuDecreaseFontSize: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuResetFontSize: NSMenuItem?
+    @IBOutlet private var menuSlideTerminal: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuTerminalInspector: NSMenuItem?
 
     @IBOutlet private var menuEqualizeSplits: NSMenuItem?
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     /// Manages our terminal windows.
     let terminalManager: TerminalManager
 
+    /// Our slide terminal. This starts out uninitialized and only initializes if used.
+    private var slideController: SlideTerminalController? = nil
+
     /// Manages updates
     let updaterController: SPUStandardUpdaterController
     let updaterDelegate: UpdaterDelegate = UpdaterDelegate()
@@ -156,8 +160,6 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         center.delegate = self
     }
 
-    var foo: SlideTerminalController? = nil
-
     func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ notification: Notification) {
         guard !applicationHasBecomeActive else { return }
         applicationHasBecomeActive = true
@@ -167,11 +169,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         //   - if we're opening a URL since `application(_:openFile:)` is called before this.
         //   - if we're restoring from persisted state
         if terminalManager.windows.count == 0 {
-            //terminalManager.newWindow()
+            terminalManager.newWindow()
         }
-
-        foo = SlideTerminalController(ghostty, baseConfig: nil)
-        foo?.showWindow(self)
     }
 
     func applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed(_ sender: NSApplication) -> Bool {
@@ -315,6 +314,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "increase_font_size:1", menuItem: self.menuIncreaseFontSize)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "decrease_font_size:1", menuItem: self.menuDecreaseFontSize)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "reset_font_size", menuItem: self.menuResetFontSize)
+        syncMenuShortcut(action: "toggle_slide_terminal", menuItem: self.menuSlideTerminal)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "inspector:toggle", menuItem: self.menuTerminalInspector)
 
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "toggle_secure_input", menuItem: self.menuSecureInput)
@@ -550,4 +550,13 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     @IBAction func toggleSecureInput(_ sender: Any) {
         setSecureInput(.toggle)
     }
+
+    @IBAction func toggleSlideTerminal(_ sender: Any) {
+        if slideController == nil {
+            slideController = SlideTerminalController(ghostty, baseConfig: nil)
+        }
+
+        guard let slideController = self.slideController else { return }
+        slideController.slideToggle()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
index beb411987..f19f9d1ed 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
                 <outlet property="menuSelectSplitLeft" destination="cTK-oy-KuV" id="Jpr-5q-dqz"/>
                 <outlet property="menuSelectSplitRight" destination="upj-mc-L7X" id="nLY-o1-lky"/>
                 <outlet property="menuServices" destination="aQe-vS-j8Q" id="uWQ-Wo-T1L"/>
+                <outlet property="menuSlideTerminal" destination="kvF-d2-JsP" id="cQU-Qt-r5k"/>
                 <outlet property="menuSplitDown" destination="UDZ-4y-6xL" id="fgZ-Wb-8OR"/>
                 <outlet property="menuSplitRight" destination="VUR-Ld-nLx" id="RxO-Zw-ovb"/>
                 <outlet property="menuTerminalInspector" destination="QwP-M5-fvh" id="wJi-Dh-S9f"/>
@@ -216,6 +217,13 @@
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
                             <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="L3L-I8-sqk"/>
+                            <menuItem title="Slide Terminal" id="kvF-d2-JsP">
+                                <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <action selector="toggleSlideTerminal:" target="bbz-4X-AYv" id="9h9-Ge-jgG"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </menuItem>
+                            <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="bC9-n9-RbJ"/>
                             <menuItem title="Terminal Inspector" id="QwP-M5-fvh">
                                 <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
                                 <connections>
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/SlideTerminal/SlideTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/SlideTerminal/SlideTerminalController.swift
index 12f785843..d1c4efc63 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/SlideTerminal/SlideTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/SlideTerminal/SlideTerminalController.swift
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ class SlideTerminalController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate, TerminalVie
 
     // MARK: Slide Methods
 
+    func slideToggle() {
+        guard let window = self.window else { return }
+        if (window.alphaValue > 0) {
+            slideOut()
+        } else {
+            slideIn()
+        }
+    }
+
     func slideIn() {
         guard let window = self.window else { return }
         slideWindowIn(window: window, from: position)
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index e8bbb885f..007f561e0 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -3856,6 +3856,12 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
             .toggle,
         ),
 
+        .toggle_slide_terminal => {
+            if (@hasDecl(apprt.Surface, "toggleSlideTerminal")) {
+                self.rt_surface.toggleSlideTerminal();
+            } else log.warn("runtime doesn't implement toggleSlideTerminal", .{});
+        },
+
         .select_all => {
             const sel = self.io.terminal.screen.selectAll();
             if (sel) |s| {
diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index f9921a87e..73fb6aa47 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -363,6 +363,17 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     /// This only works on macOS, since this is a system API on macOS.
     toggle_secure_input: void,
 
+    /// Toggle the "slide" terminal. The slide terminal is a terminal that
+    /// slides in from some screen edge, usually the top. This is useful for
+    /// quick access to a terminal without having to open a new window or tab.
+    ///
+    /// The slide terminal is a singleton; only one instance can exist at a
+    /// time.
+    ///
+    /// See the various configurations for the slide terminal in the
+    /// configuration file to customize its behavior.
+    toggle_slide_terminal: void,
+
     /// Quit ghostty.
     quit: void,
 
@@ -382,6 +393,10 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     ///
     crash: CrashThread,
 
+    pub const SlideTerminalPosition = enum {
+        top,
+    };
+
     pub const CrashThread = enum {
         main,
         io,