Options
-h, --help
Show summary of options
-v, --version
Show the version of the Terminator installation
-m, --maximise
Start with a maximised window
-f, --fullscreen
Start with a fullscreen window
-b, --borderless
Instruct the window manager not to render borders/decoration on the Terminator window (this works well with -m)
-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, --title
Force the Terminator window to use a specific name rather than updating it dynamically based on the wishes of the child shell.
--geometry=GEOMETRY
Specifies the preferred size and position of Terminator’s window; see x(7).
-e, --command=COMMAND
Runs the specified command instead of your default shell or profile specified command
-x, --execute COMMAND [ARGS]
Runs the rest of the command line instead of your default shell or profile specified command.
--working-directory=DIR
Set the terminal’s working directory
-r, --role=ROLE
Set a custom WM_WINDOW_ROLE property on the window
-l, --layout=LAYOUT
Start Terminator with a specific layout. The argument here is the name of a saved layout.
-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 outut 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
Keybindings
The following keybindings can be used to control Terminator:
Ctrl+Shift+O
Split terminals Horizontally.
Ctrl+Shift+E
Split terminals Vertically.
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.
Ctrl+Shift+S
Hide/Show Scrollbar.
Ctrl+Shift+F
Search within terminal scrollback
Ctrl+Shift+N or Ctrl+Tab
Move to next terminal within the same tab, use Ctrl+PageDown to move to the next tab. If cycle_term_tab is False, cycle within the same tab will be disabled
Ctrl+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+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
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+Shift+C
Copy selected text to clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste clipboard text
Ctrl+Shift+W
Close the current terminal.
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Quits Terminator
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+T
Open new tab
Ctrl+PageDown
Move to next Tab
Ctrl+PageUp
Move to previous Tab
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown
Swap tab position with next Tab
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp
Swap tab position with previous Tab
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.
F11
Toggle fullscreen
Ctrl+Shift+R
Reset terminal state
Ctrl+Shift+G
Reset terminal state and clear window
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.
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.
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
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.