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Stephen Boddy 1d977cc6aa A manual has been added to Terminator
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<span id="layouts"></span><h1>Layouts and the Layout Launcher<a class="headerlink" href="#layouts-and-the-layout-launcher" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p><strong>Layouts</strong> are how Terminator helps you quickly start a given set of
windows with the terminals arranged just how you like, and even
launching unique commands in each one.</p>
<p>You have already seen a glimpse of this in the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#prefs-layouts"><span>Layouts</span></a>
tab of the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#preferences"><span>Preferences Window</span></a>. Here it is again:</p>
<img alt="_images/prefs_layouts.png" src="_images/prefs_layouts.png" />
<p>It&#8217;s simple to create a new layout. Just launch new windows, add tabs
and splits, arrange them, and customise them to your liking.</p>
<p>Layouts will currently directly detect and save:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Window sizes and positions as well as the fullscreen or maximised state</li>
<li>Splitter positions</li>
<li>Custom window, tab and titlebar names</li>
<li>The profile of each terminal</li>
<li>Group setting of each terminal</li>
<li>The active terminal per window or tab, and the active tab per window if applicable</li>
<li>The UUID of each terminal</li>
</ul>
<p>When done, use the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#prefs-layouts"><span>Layouts</span></a> section of the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#preferences"><span>Preferences Window</span></a>
to keep this layout for future use. You save them by using the <strong>Add</strong>
or <strong>Save</strong> buttons, where <em>Add</em> creates a new layout entry and
prompts for a name, and <em>Save</em> updates the currently selected layout.</p>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>Currently some things are not detected by the code, and
have to be configured in the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#prefs-layouts"><span>Layouts</span></a> tab of
the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#preferences"><span>Preferences Window</span></a> <em>after</em> the layout is saved/added.</p>
<p>This means that if you use the <em>Save</em> button in the
<a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#prefs-layouts"><span>Layouts</span></a> after spending time setting the
items below, you <em>will</em> lose these stored values.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Custom command</li>
<li>Working directory</li>
</ul>
<p>First get the layout right, then edit these within the
<a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#prefs-layouts"><span>Layouts</span></a> tab of the <a class="reference internal" href="preferences.html#preferences"><span>Preferences Window</span></a>. You
do <strong>not</strong> need to use the <em>Save</em> button to keep these
settings.</p>
<p class="last">There is potential to improve this behaviour.</p>
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<span id="layout-launcher"></span><h2>The Layout Launcher<a class="headerlink" href="#the-layout-launcher" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You can set up an application launcher with the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-l</span> <span class="pre">LAYOUT</span></code> option
which will load the named layout, but what if you have a long list of
layouts, like me? It can be annoying distinguishing between 30 items
with the same icon, waiting for a tool-tip to tell you which one you&#8217;re
about to launch. No-one has the stamina to draw 30 distinct icons
representing all these layouts either!</p>
<img alt="_images/layoutlauncher.png" class="align-right" src="_images/layoutlauncher.png" />
<p>Enter the <strong>Layout Launcher</strong>, as shown on the right. This will list
all of your saved layouts in alphabetical order, apart from
<em>default</em>, which is always at the top. You can <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double-click</span></code> an
entry, highlight it and select <strong>Launch</strong>, or use the keyboard to move
the highlight, pressing <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Return</span></code> to launch.</p>
<p>The <em>Layout Launcher</em> can be opened from a running terminal using a
shortcut, or by running Terminator with the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-s</span></code> option. This
option could be set in an application launcher, to get to the Layout
Launcher with a single click.</p>
<p>You can have more than one <em>Layout Launcher</em> window open, or you could
launch one at the beginning, and pin it to always be on the visible
workspace.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a brief run-down of keyboard and mouse use:</p>
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<th class="head">Mouse</th>
<th class="head">Default Shortcut</th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>Open the Layout Launcher</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Alt</span></code>+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">L</span></code></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>Move Up/Down list</td>
<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">click</span></code></td>
<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;Up/Down</span> <span class="pre">Arrow&gt;</span></code></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>Launch a layout</td>
<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double-click</span></code></td>
<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Return</span></code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">If an instance of Terminator is already running with DBus
active, you must either use the shortcut, or disable DBus
for the instance by also passing <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-u</span></code>. This needs to be
fixed.</p>
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