# terminator

## NAME



           terminator - multiple GNOME terminals in one window
    


## SYNOPSIS



           **terminator**[_options_]
    


## DESCRIPTION



           This manual page documents **Terminator** , a terminal emulator
           application.
    
           **Terminator** is a program that allows users to set up flexible
           arrangements of GNOME terminals. It is aimed at those who normally
           arrange lots of terminals near each other, but don’t want to use a
           frame based window manager.
    


## 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 H _o_ rizontally.
    
           **Ctrl+Shift+E**
               Split terminals V _e_ rtically.
    
           **Ctrl+Shift+T**
               Open new _t_ ab.
    
           **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 _l_ ayout 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 _n_ ext terminal within the same tab.
    
           **Ctrl+Shift+P** or **Ctrl+Shift+Tab**
               Move to the _p_ revious 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**
               _R_ otate terminals clockwise.
    
           **Super+Shift+R**
               _R_ otate 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 _a_ ll terminals.
    
           **Alt+G**
               Broadcast to _g_ rouped terminals.
    
           **Alt+O**
               Broadcast _o_ ff.
    
       **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 _s_ crollbar.
    
           **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.
    


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