It is accessible by clicking the colored boxes trio on the top-left corner of an active Terminator window. To exit the open terminal window panes, right-click on the one you wish to exit and choose the Close function. Terminator Preferencesįrom useful keyboard shortcuts to editable layouts, you have 100% customization in your hands. The Preferences menu function gives you access to a variety of Terminator features that you might find useful. You can also drag these open terminal window panes and rearrange them in any order you want.
Terminator Zoom Terminal Terminator Restore Terminals
You can return to the other terminal window pane instances by again right-clicking on the zoomed terminal instance and accessing the Restore all terminals function. It gives you a bigger interactive work environment. With many terminal window pane sections open, you can optionally right-click on any of them for the Zoom terminal function. You can further split the Terminator window into smaller window pane sections by right-clicking on their interfaces. Whether you are on a horizontally or vertically split window, to interchange between the window pane interfaces, you only need to click on the window pane environment you need to use. The Split Vertically function divides your terminal window into two vertical window panes. It is an ideal alternative to opening a new tab. The Split Horizontally function divides your terminal window into two horizontal window panes. The Open Tab function creates other interactive tab-based terminal environments for users that want to run separate and/or concurrent terminal sessions. The Paste function lets you dump executable commands from other environments to this emulator. The common displayable functional features from this context menu include the Paste, Open Tab, and Close functions. The Terminator Context MenuĪccessing this menu is as easy as right-clicking on a running Terminator terminal environment. The first glimpse of the Terminator emulator gives you access to three main menus. You can use your Linux system’s default command-line environment or the app launcher interface to access and run this emulator app.
How to create a terminal emulator on mac install#
Whichever Linux operating system distribution you are using, you can easily install the Terminator terminal emulator from your distribution’s package manager from either of the following installation guides.