`con_height`

JK2MV

Fraction of a screen which should be occupied by in-game console.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`0.5`
Value type	`float`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	Yes
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-only`: Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Category	Engine & diagnostics
Feature family	Console
Module	`engine-client`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
Added	2024-02-19 in `b6f5ff52c` (how to compare this against your build)
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No

Values

No discrete value list is enforced or documented in the inspected source.

Flags

CVAR_ARCHIVE_ND: saved to configuration without marking the cvar as user-created

Provenance

Origin: JK2MV

Ultimate-origin introduction: 65dc622f76c0 in JK2MV (content authored 2016-05-27, integrated 2016-05-27)
TaystJK integration evidence: b6f5ff52cbac
Origin pull request: #140
Matching squash bullet: [Shared] Add con_height cvar to set console height. Set to 0 to restore previous behaviour.
Upstream registration evidence: src/client/cl_console.cpp:403
Attribution method: earliest-authored-project-introduction
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Dated commit evidence identifies later registration changes relative to the origin snapshot.

Dated project introductions

Authored dates come from the exact registration’s first content commit, PR dates identify when work was proposed to each project, and integration dates come from each first-parent mainline. A project merging first does not override earlier upstream authorship or submission.

Project	Authored	PR opened	Integrated	Commit	Relationship
JK2MV	`2016-05-27`	—	`2016-05-27`	`65dc622f76c0`	Ultimate origin
OpenJK	`2023-11-06`	2023-11-06	`2024-02-08`	`01697e61fe58`	Other project appearance
rend2	`2023-11-06`	—	`2024-02-19`	`49adb7447c9f`	Other project appearance
TaystJK	`2024-02-19`	2024-02-09	`2024-02-19`	`b6f5ff52cbac`	Other project appearance
jaPRO	`2024-02-19`	—	`2024-02-19`	`b6f5ff52cbac`	Other project appearance

Later changes

These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.

Date	Change source	Commit / subject	Evidence	Confidence
`2024-02-19`	TaystJK	`b6f5ff52cbac` · PR #140 Openjk update (#140)	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`
`2024-02-27`	JK2MV	`61b1b328accf` · PR #155 qol_console (#155)	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:664 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:1244
upstream-documentation: CVARS.rst:145

Generated from source commit c722804317d7 on 2026-09-28. Anything merged after that is not reflected here.