When I open a terminal using CTRL+ALT+T in Unity, I would like this window to be automatically maximized, rather than to have to additionally hit ALT+SPACE and the 'X' key to make the window that contains it maximized.
If my memory serves me right, I do remember that there used to be a maximize mode that we can set in preferences, but I can't seem to find it now. Any ideas?
213 Answers
@Bhargav was close to what you need to maximise the window - you just need to use big numbers.
- Open a Terminal
- Select
Profile Preferencesfrom theEditMenu. - Tick
Use custom default terminal sizeand enter a default size that is too large for the screen e.g. 240 columns and 100 rows. - Click close then open a new Terminal by clicking the icon OR pressing Ctrl + Alt + T
The new terminal window should be maximised.
Can I add that your question is a bit vague, the title asks for full screen (I take that as fills the entire screen, with no panels or unity bar visible) but the actual question asks how it can be automatically maximised (fill the desktop space leaving panels and unity bar visible) which are two different request in my book.
Based upon advice I was given here:How to make terminal start maximized?
5While the user has an accepted answer using Compiz, I dislike Compiz, personally and wanted a "cleaner" way.
If you create a file at ~/.local/share/applications/gnome-terminal-fullscreen.desktop.
Use a text editor and put this in it:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal Fullscreen
Comment=Use the command line in fullscreen
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-terminal --window --full-screen
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.4.1.1
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Keywords=Run;
Actions=New
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal
[Desktop Action New]
Name=New Terminal Fullscreen
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-terminal --window --full-screen
OnlyShowIn=UnityThis puts an application in your Activities search results call Terminal Fullscreen. All it is doing is calling the same gnome-terminal command but with the --window --full-screen arguments, so it launches in full screen. If you always want it fullscreen, just always use that.
Hope this simplifies things for someone.
2You can use the Compiz Window Rules plugin for this.
Make sure you have the CompizConfig Settings Manager installed
and run it.
Then, enable the Window Rules plugin:
and set it so that windows with the class
Gnome-terminalare matched:
If you're using a different terminal, use the + button to build up a match expression for your terminal.
If you'd like your terminal to be fullscreen instead, you can use the appropriate rule in the plugin's config dialog.
In newer versions of Ubuntu (definitely in 16.04) you need to have compiz-plugins installed package to access Window Rules.
If you don't have it you need to install it with sudo apt install compiz-plugins and reboot.
Go to System Settings -> Keyboard. Under the "Shortcuts" tab, go to "Custom Shortcuts". Create a new entry named "Launch Terminal Fullscreen" (or whatever), and enter the following as the command:
gnome-terminal --window --full-screenYou're supposed to be able to click on that entry and then press the key combination you wish to use in order to set the new keyboard shortcut, but for some reason, that wasn't working for me. If that's the case, you might need to edit the launcher shortcuts manually...
According to this page, the keyboard shortcuts for Unity can be found at:
~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/keybindingsEach keybinding seems to be in a separate folder, named "custom0", "custom1", etc. Edit the "%gconf.xml" file found in one of these folders which contains the keyboard shortcut definition you just added in the "Settings -> Keyboard" dialog, (if you added one). Here's mine, mapped to "CTRL-ALT-m":
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="action" mtime="1381112788" type="string"> <stringvalue>gnome-terminal --window --full-screen</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="name" mtime="1381112788" type="string"> <stringvalue>Launch Terminal Fullscreen</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="binding" mtime="1381110910" type="string"> <stringvalue><Primary><Alt>m</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>I suppose you could try just copying the above into a new file named "%gconf.xml", and putting it in a new folder named "customX", (where "X" is the next available number), in the ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/keybindingsfolder. I haven't tried this, yet.
After editing the XML by hand, I logged off and logged back in in order to force a re-scan of the keybindings, and voila!
I realise this is old now but thought other people might be having the same trouble.
This worked for me. Open a terminal and type:
sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktopThen put:
--maximizein the 'Command:' box, after 'gnome-terminal'
You might need to adjust your keyboard shortcuts. Can't remember as mine are all custom anyway.
3If you want a truly full-screen terminal, press CTRL-ALT-F#, where # can be 1-6 (I.E. CTRL-ALT-F1). To return to Ubuntu, press CTRL-ALT-F7.
Goto system settings->keyboard->shortcuts
Pressing CTRL+ALT+T in Ubuntu will open the gnome terminal window as a regular floating window. Follow this quick tutorial to have this window started maximized or fullscreen by default. Remove Default Launcher
Find the keyboard settings and under the Launchers category for Shortcuts change the Launch terminal from CTRL+ALT+T to something else. I changed mine to CTRL+ALT+W just so I can easily use the original windowed version.
Add a new custom shortcut entry and call it “Launch Terminal Fullscreen” and enter the following as the command.
gnome-terminal --window --maximize
Assign The Shortcut
New custom shortcuts for keyboards are disabled by default. You need to assign the CTRL+ALT+T keyboard code for the new shortcut to work.
You should be all set now. Give it a try.
Note: try both --fullscreen and --maximize see this link for more information
0U can try an alternative approach to that of maximize.
Open Terminal -> Edit -> Profile Preferences, In the General Tab, Check the
"Use Custom Default Terminal Size"
box and play around with those values (Rows and Columns).
U can set it to any size you'd wish to.
1My solution is override the default key binding for Run terminal
Go to System > Preferences > Hardware > Keyboard Shortcuts
(I'm using ubuntu mate, it might be different in other systems, the point is you get to the Keyboard shortcuts Window)
Add a custom shortcut by clicking the
+button. Fill in 2 input fieldsName: What ever you want (Eg: Terminal maximized)
Command:
mate-terminal --maximizeas you are usingmate terminalor
gnome-terminal --maximizeas you are usinggnome-terminalThen you add shortcut as
Ctrl + Alt + TSince then, when you hit
Ctrl + Alt + T, you will get a maximized terminal window.
- Go to System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts tab.
- Select "Custom Shortcuts" from the sidebar and add a new shortcut.
For the name give something like "Full screen Terminal" and in the field
textfieldinsert the command/usr/bin/gnome-terminal --window --full-screenNow select the shortcut keys of your choice by clicking the disabled field against the full screen terminal shortcut you created and press the accelerator keys. Like I chose Ctrl+Shift+T
- It's done. Now you can close everything and try the new shortcut you created.
you can set initial terminal size on Edit - Profile Preferences. to make full screen set column and rows size to 256. I'm not recommending to use third party tools for such situation :)
0Lateral thinking answer: use guake:
sudo apt-get install guakeWhen you hit F12, it opens a fullscreen terminal for you.
Drag the title bar of the application to top of window.
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