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# Terminator

## Terminator Shortcuts

🔗 [Official Docs](https://terminator-gtk3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gettingstarted.html)

|               *Shortcut*               | *Function*                                                                                                                         |
| :------------------------------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|            **CTRL+Shift+O**            | Used to split terminals horizontally                                                                                               |
|            **CTRL+Shift+E**            | It will split terminals vertically                                                                                                 |
|            **CTRL+Shift+→**            | This shortcut is used to move parent drag bar right                                                                                |
|            **CTRL+Shift+←**            | Used to move parent drag bar left                                                                                                  |
|            **CTRL+Shift+↑**            | It will move parent drag bar up                                                                                                    |
|            **CTRL+Shift+↓**            | Used to move parent drag bar down                                                                                                  |
|            **CTRL+Shift+S**            | It will hide or show scroll bar                                                                                                    |
|            **CTRL+Shift+F**            | This shortcut is used to search within terminal scroll back                                                                        |
|    **CTRL+Shift+N** or **CTRL+Tab**    | It will move to the next terminal within the same tab. If cycle\_term\_tab is false the cycle within the same tab will be disabled |
|           **CTRL+Page Down**           | Used to move to the next tab                                                                                                       |
| **CTRL+Shift+P** or **CTRL+Shift+Tab** | This shortcut is used to move to the previous terminal within the same tab                                                         |
|           **CTRL+Page Down**           | Used to move to the previous tab                                                                                                   |
|                **Alt+↑**               | It will move to the terminal above the current one                                                                                 |
|                **Alt+↓**               | Move to the terminal below the current one                                                                                         |
|                **Alt+←**               | Used to move to the terminal left of the current one                                                                               |
|                **Alt+→**               | This shortcut is used to move to the terminal right of the current one                                                             |
|            **CTRL+Shift+C**            | Used to copy the selected text to clipboard                                                                                        |
|            **CTRL+Shift+V**            | It helps to paste clipboard text                                                                                                   |
|            **CTRL+Shift+W**            | It will close the current terminal                                                                                                 |
|            **CTRL+Shift+Q**            | Used to quit terminator                                                                                                            |
|            **CTRL+Shift+X**            | It will toggle between showing all terminals and only showing the current one                                                      |
|            **CTRL+Shift+Z**            | Used to toggle between showing all terminals and only showing a scales version of the current one                                  |
|            **CTRL+Shift+T**            | Open a new tab                                                                                                                     |
|           **CTRL+Page Down**           | Used to move to the next tab                                                                                                       |
|            **CTRL+Page Up**            | It will move to the previous tab                                                                                                   |
|        **CTRL+Shift+Page Down**        | Helps to swap tab position with next tab                                                                                           |
|         **CTRL+Shift+Page Up**         | Used to swap tab position with the previous tab                                                                                    |
|               **CTRL++**               | This shortcut is used to increase font size                                                                                        |
|               **CTRL+–**               | Used to decrease the font size                                                                                                     |
|                **CTRL+**               | It will restore font size to the original setting                                                                                  |
|                 **F11**                | Helps to toggle full screen                                                                                                        |
|            **CTRL+Shift+R**            | Used to reset terminal state                                                                                                       |
|            **CTRL+Shift+G**            | It will reset terminal state and clear window                                                                                      |
|               **Super+T**              | Used to group all terminals in the current tab so input sent to one of them and goes to all terminals in the current tab           |
|            **Super+Shift+T**           | it will remove grouping from all terminals in the current tab                                                                      |
|            **CTRL+Shift+I**            | This shortcut is used to open a new window                                                                                         |
|               **Super+I**              | Used to Spawn a new Terminator process                                                                                             |

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