Script to open xfce4-terminal drop-down and then run a command in that dropped window

Question

I am able to write a script which will open an xfce4-terminal window and run a program - I'm interested in using ranger - but I cannot see how to make this work in the drop-down window.

eg

#! /bin/bash
xfce4-terminal   -e "/bin/bash -c 'ranger'" & 

works a treat - but this doesn't

#! /bin/bash
xfce4-terminal --drop-down  -e "/bin/bash -c 'ranger'" & 

Could anyone suggest how I could do this?

Answer 1

This seems to work ok

#!/bin/bash
xfce4-terminal --tab --drop-down -e ranger

and then use a program like xbindkeys to create a shortcut