I’ve been using a terminal called Terminator for the last few months instead of the terminal that’s bundled with Ubuntu. The main reason for this was to take advantage of easy split window creation to enable multiple terminals on the same screen. This is provided along with tabbed windows, but there also a number of other notable features. I struggled to find a set of shortcut keys for Terminator initially, so there are a few below along with some explanation of the feature:
– Split terminal horizontally
- Split terminal vertically
– Open a new tab
– Switch terminals
– Close currently selected terminal window
– Close all terminals
– Maximize currently selected terminal window
– Move split (dragbar) to the left
– Move split (dragbar) to the right
– Move split (dragbar) up
– Move split (dragbar) down
– Increase text size in the terminal
– Decrease text size in the terminal
– Restore text size in the terminal
– moves a window, release the CTRL key to finalise the window position.
– Fullscreen view
You can also get these using to look at all possible options for terminator. Overall it’s a good replacement for the bog standard terminal with some added features.