iTerm2 slide down over full screen app

Question

I always have my IDE (phpStorm) in full screen mode (Yosemite).

I want my iTerm2 hotkey to slide my terminal window down over the IDE, so it doesn't open up a new space for the terminal window. As once the window slides back up it leaves me on an empty space, rather than going back to phpStorm.

Answer 1

Attention! See Update3 for new iTerm versions (works for 2.1.5)

Original Answer

This command allows iTerm to work over fullscreen apps

defaults write ~/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Info LSUIElement true

But it hides iTerm's context menu. To access iTerm's preferences, right-click on the tabs bar and select the proper menu item; or focus on any iTerm's window and press ⌘-,.

Update

If you use the beta version of iTerm, there is no need to run the previous command. You can turn on Preferences > Advanced > Hide iTerm2 from the dock and from the ⌘-Tab app switcher.

Also make sure that the profile you use for the dropdown window (Hotkey window by default) is allowed on all spaces (Preferences > Profiles > "Hotkey window" profile > "Window" tab > Space: "all spaces").

Remember to restart iTerm2.

Update 2

If you can't find Preferences, use the shortcut ⌘-i or Right Click in an open iTerm2 terminal window, then select "Edit Session".

Update 3

In 2.1.5, you should use the "Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher" option in Preferences -> Appearance. When iTerm2 is excluded from the dock, you can always get back to the Preferences window using the status bar item, or ⌘-,. Look for an iTerm2 icon on the right side of your menu bar.