OPTIONS¶
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included
below.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-v, --version
Show the version of the Terminator installation.
-m, -M, --maximise, --maximize
Start with a maximised window.
-f, --fullscreen
Start with a fullscreen window.
-b, --borderless
Instruct the window manager not to render
borders/decorations on the Terminator window (this works well with
--maximise).
-H, --hidden
Hide the Terminator window by default. Its visibility can
be toggled with the hide_window keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A by
default).
-T FORCEDTITLE,
--title=FORCEDTITLE
Force the Terminator window to use a specific name rather
than updating it dynamically based on the wishes of the child shell.
--geometry=GEOMETRY
Specify the preferred size and position of
Terminator’s window; see
X(7).
-e COMMAND, --command=COMMAND
Run the specified command instead of the default shell or
profile specified command.
Note: if Terminator is launched as x-terminal-emulator -e behaves like -x, and
the longform becomes --execute2=COMMAND.
-x COMMAND [ARGS],
--execute=COMMAND [ARGS]
Run the rest of the command line instead of the
default shell or profile specified command.
--working-directory=DIR
Set the terminal’s working directory.
-g FILE, --config=FILE
Use the specified file for configuration.
-r ROLE, --role=ROLE
Set a custom WM_WINDOW_ROLE property on the window.
-l LAYOUT, --layout=LAYOUT
Start Terminator with a specific layout. The argument
here is the name of a saved layout.
-s LAYOUT, --select-layout=LAYOUT
Open the layout launcher window instead of the normal
terminal.
-p, --profile=PROFILE
Use a different profile as the default.
-i, --icon=FORCEDICON
Set a custom icon for the window (by file or name)
-u, --no-dbus
Disable DBus.
-d, --debug
Enable debugging output (please use this when reporting
bugs). This can be specified twice to enable a built-in python debugging
server.
--debug-classes=DEBUG_CLASSES
If this is specified as a comma separated list, debugging
output will only be printed from the specified classes.
--debug-methods=DEBUG_METHODS
If this is specified as a comma separated list, debugging
output will only be printed from the specified functions. If this is specified
in addition to --debug-classes, only the intersection of the two lists will be
displayed.
--new-tab
If this is specified and Terminator is already running,
DBus will be used to spawn a new tab in the first Terminator window.
--toggle-visibility
If this is specified and Terminator is already running,
DBus will be used to toggle Terminator window visibility. Usable under Wayland
to replace hide keyboad shortcut.
KEYBINDINGS¶
The following default keybindings can be used to control
Terminator. Most of these keybindings can be changed in the Preferences.
F1
Launches the full HTML manual.
Creation & Destruction¶
The following items relate to creating and destroying
terminals.
Ctrl+Shift+O
Split terminals Horizontally.
Ctrl+Shift+E
Split terminals Vertically.
Ctrl+Shift+T
Open new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+I
Open a new window.
(Note: unlike in previous releases, this window is part of the same Terminator
process.)
Super+I
Spawn a new Terminator process.
Alt+L
Open layout launcher.
Ctrl+Shift+W
Close the current terminal.
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Close the current window.
Navigation¶
The following items relate to moving between and around
terminals.
Alt+Up
Move to the terminal above the current one.
Alt+Down
Move to the terminal below the current one.
Alt+Left
Move to the terminal left of the current
one.
Alt+Right
Move to the terminal right of the current
one.
Ctrl+PageDown
Move to next tab.
Ctrl+PageUp
Move to previous tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab
Move to the next terminal within the same tab.
Ctrl+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move to the previous terminal within the same tab.
Organisation¶
The following items relate to arranging and resizing
terminals.
Ctrl+Shift+Right
Move parent dragbar right.
Ctrl+Shift+Left
Move parent dragbar left.
Ctrl+Shift+Up
Move parent dragbar up.
Ctrl+Shift+Down
Move parent dragbar down.
Super+R
Rotate terminals clockwise.
Super+Shift+R
Rotate terminals counter-clockwise.
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown
Swap tab position with next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp
Swap tab position with previous tab.
Drag and Drop
The layout can be modified by moving terminals with Drag
and Drop. To start dragging a terminal, click and hold on its titlebar.
Alternatively, hold down Ctrl, click and hold the right mouse
button. Then, **release Ctrl**. You can now drag the terminal to the
point in the layout you would like it to be. The zone where the terminal would
be inserted will be highlighted.
Focus¶
The following items relate to helping to focus on a specific
terminal.
F11
Toggle window to fullscreen.
Ctrl+Shift+X
Toggle between showing all terminals and only showing the
current one (maximise).
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Toggle between showing all terminals and only showing a
scaled version of the current one (zoom).
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A
Hide the initial window. Note that this is a X11 global
binding, and can only be bound once. On Wayland use window manager keyboard
shortcuts to call terminator --toggle-visibility.
Grouping & Broadcasting¶
The following items relate to grouping and broadcasting.
Super+T
Group all terminals in the current tab so that any input
sent to one of them goes to all of them.
Super+Shift+T
Remove grouping from all terminals in the current
tab.
Super+G
Group all terminals so that any input sent to one of them
goes to all of them.
Super+Shift+G
Remove grouping from all terminals.
Alt+A
Broadcast to all terminals.
Alt+G
Broadcast to grouped terminals.
Alt+O
Broadcast off.
Miscellaneous¶
The following items relate to miscellaneous terminal related
functions.
Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy selected text to clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste clipboard text.
Ctrl+Shift+S
Toggle scrollbar.
Ctrl+Shift+F
Search within terminal scrollback.
Ctrl+Shift+R
Reset terminal state.
Ctrl+Shift+G
Reset terminal state and clear window.
Ctrl+Plus (+)
Increase font size.
Note: this may require you to press shift, depending on your keyboard.
Ctrl+Minus (-)
Decrease font size.
Note: this may require you to press shift, depending on your keyboard.
Ctrl+Zero (0)
Restore font size to original setting.
Ctrl+Alt+W
Rename window title.
Ctrl+Alt+A
Rename tab title.
Ctrl+Alt+X
Rename terminal title.
Super+1
Insert terminal number, i.e. 1 to 12.
Super+0
Insert padded terminal number, i.e. 01 to 12.
