Terminal's "Info Pane" should support promoting to a "real window"

Originator:jp
Number:rdar://33596307 Date Originated:28-Jul-2017 12:48 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:macOS + SDK Product Version:2.7.3
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
This is one of my favorite features of Terminal.app: https://twitter.com/simjp/status/890643918412423170

However, as soon as I change the active window on macOS, the pane disappears, thus making multi-window uses of the process info pane impossible.

Even when I change the active tab from within Terminal.app, the info pane immediately switches to display the process & child processes of the newly activated pane, making it impossible to keep “tabs” ;) on the family of processes I care about.

For example, I often want to keep the info pane visible on my leftmost monitor while I do other work in the window in my rightmost monitor.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Terminal.app
2. Press command-I to toggle the Info pane
3. Change the active window to something else (i.e. Finder, Safari, etc.)

OR

1. Open Terminal.app
2. Press command-I to toggle the Info pane
3. Change the active tab to something else (i.e. Finder, Safari, etc.)

Expected Results:
There should be a button to promote the info pane window to a “real” window so that it can persist even when the active window or tab changes.

Actual Results:
There is no such button.

Version:
2.7.3

Notes:
See twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/simjp/status/890643918412423170

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