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.. image:: imgs/icon_layout.png
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:align: right
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:alt: Favourites. Stars or hearts, and hearts won't look good on
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the red backbround.
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.. _layouts:
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Layouts and the Layout Launcher
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**Layouts** are how Terminator helps you quickly start a given set of
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windows with the terminals arranged just how you like, and even
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launching unique commands in each one.
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You have already seen a glimpse of this in the :ref:`prefs-layouts`
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tab of the :ref:`preferences`. Here it is again:
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.. image:: imgs/prefs_layouts.png
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It's simple to create a new layout. Just launch new windows, add tabs
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and splits, arrange them, and customise them to your liking.
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Layouts will currently directly detect and save:
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- Window sizes and positions as well as the fullscreen or maximised state
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- Splitter positions
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- Custom window, tab and titlebar names
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- The profile of each terminal
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- Group setting of each terminal
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- The active terminal per window or tab, and the active tab per window if applicable
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- The UUID of each terminal
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When done, use the :ref:`prefs-layouts` section of the :ref:`preferences`
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to keep this layout for future use. You save them by using the **Add**
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or **Save** buttons, where *Add* creates a new layout entry and
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prompts for a name, and *Save* updates the currently selected layout.
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.. warning:: Currently some things are not detected by the code, and
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have to be configured in the :ref:`prefs-layouts` tab of
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the :ref:`preferences` *after* the layout is saved/added.
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This means that if you use the *Save* button in the
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:ref:`prefs-layouts` after spending time setting the
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items below, you *will* lose these stored values.
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- Custom command
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- Working directory
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First get the layout right, then edit these within the
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:ref:`prefs-layouts` tab of the :ref:`preferences`. You
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do **not** need to use the *Save* button to keep these
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settings.
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There is potential to improve this behaviour.
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.. _layout-launcher:
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The Layout Launcher
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You can set up an application launcher with the ``-l LAYOUT`` option
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which will load the named layout, but what if you have a long list of
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layouts, like me? It can be annoying distinguishing between 30 items
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with the same icon, waiting for a tool-tip to tell you which one you're
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about to launch. No-one has the stamina to draw 30 distinct icons
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representing all these layouts either!
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.. image:: imgs/layoutlauncher.png
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:align: right
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Enter the **Layout Launcher**, as shown on the right. This will list
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all of your saved layouts in alphabetical order, apart from
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*default*, which is always at the top. You can ``double-click`` an
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entry, highlight it and select **Launch**, or use the keyboard to move
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the highlight, pressing ``Return`` to launch.
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The *Layout Launcher* can be opened from a running terminal using a
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shortcut, or by running Terminator with the ``-s`` option. This
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option could be set in an application launcher, to get to the Layout
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Launcher with a single click.
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You can have more than one *Layout Launcher* window open, or you could
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launch one at the beginning, and pin it to always be on the visible
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workspace.
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Here's a brief run-down of keyboard and mouse use:
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+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------+
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| Action | Mouse | Default Shortcut |
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+==========================+==================+=====================+
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| Open the Layout Launcher | N/A | ``Alt``\ +\ ``L`` |
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+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------+
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| Move Up/Down list | ``click`` | ``<Up/Down Arrow>`` |
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+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------+
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| Launch a layout | ``double-click`` | ``Return`` |
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+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------+
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