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Cheatsheet is based on the manpage of terminator. Thx to Chris Jones cmsj@tenshu.net and all contributors. Note: Some descriptions are shortened. There might be alternative shortcuts, see 'man terminator'

Creation & Destru­ction

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.
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

Alt+Up
Move to the terminal above.
Alt+Down
Move to the terminal below.
Alt+Left
Move to the terminal left.
Alt+Right
Move to the terminal right.
Ctrl+P­ageDown
Move to next Tab.
Ctrl+P­ageUp
Move to previous Tab.
Ctrl+Tab
Move to next terminal
Ctrl+S­hif­t+Tab
Move to prev. terminal

Grouping & Broadc­asting

F11
Toggle window to fullsc­reen.
Ctrl+S­hift+X
Max. current terminal (toggle)
Ctrl+S­hift+Z
Zoom current terminal (toggle)
Ctrl+S­hif­t+Alt+A
Hide the initial window.
 

Organi­sation

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.

Misc

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.
Ctrl+Minus
Decrease font size.
Ctrl+Zero
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
Super+0
Insert padded terminal number

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.
 

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  • Published: 12th January, 2019
  • Last Updated: 1st March, 2020

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Comments

Nice, clean and simple. Very useful. Thanks.

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