terminator -m -b
-b, --borderless
Instruct the window manager not to render borders/decoration on the Terminator window (this works well with -m)
-m, --maximise
Start with a maximised window -M, --maximize Start with a maximized window
/etc/xdg/terminator/config
Right click / preferences
keybinding
prev_tab
next_tab
profiles
colors
built-in scheme : Gray on black
color palette / custom : #1F1B1B
title bar
Hide size from title
Ctrl+Shift+T Open new tab.
Ctrl+Page Up Move to next Tab.
Ctrl+Page Down Move to previous Tab.
Ctrl-Shift-E Split window vertically.
Ctrl-Shift-O Split window horizontally.
Within a given tab
Ctrl-Tab Move cursor in next console.
Ctrl-Shift-Tab Move cursor in previous console.
Ctrl-Shift-W Close current console.
Ctrl-Shift-X Enlarge current window.
Ctrl-Shift-Flèche Enlarge or shrink current window.
Ctrl-Tab Change window "split".
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.
KEYBINDINGS
The following default keybindings can be used to control Terminator:
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.
Move to the terminal right of the current one.
Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab
Move to previous terminal within the same tab, use Ctrl+PageUp to move to the previous tab. If cycle_term_tab is False, cycle within the same tab will be disabled.
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.
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.
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown
Swap tab position with next Tab.
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp
Swap tab position with previous Tab.
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
Hide/Show 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.
Grouping & Broadcasting
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 global binding, and can only be bound once.
The following items relate to grouping and broadcasting.
Super+T
Group all terminals in the current tab so input sent to one of them, goes to all terminals in the current tab.
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.