To open a new tab go to the :menuselection:`file --> new tab` or press :kbd:`control + shift + t` or click the button that looks like a +. To close a tab press the X button near the right hand side of the tab. If you want to switch between tabs click on the different click on that tab or press the left and right arrows in the upper right corner on the tabbar. Another way to switch between tabs is :kbd:`control + page up` or :kbd:`control + page down`. If you want to copy text from the temrinal press :kbd:`control + shift + c` or :menuselection:`Edit --> Copy selection` to copy text. If you wish to paste text into the terminal you can :kbd:`control + shift + v` or :menuselection:`Edit --> Paste Clipboard` however you should be really careful it is not a malicious command and shows the command you are pasting in. If you want to paste selected text in the terminal press :kbd:`Shift + Insert` or :menuselection:`Edit --> Paste Selection`. If you want to open a new terminal window :kbd:`Control+ Shift+ N` or go :menuselection:`file --> new window`. To try to autocomplete the command you type in a command line press the :kbd:`Tab` key.
If you get a url in your terminal you can right click copy link address to copy the link. To open your link directly press :kbd:`Control + left click`. To zoom in on the terminal press :kbd:`Control + Shift + +` or right click and select zoom in. To zoom out press :kbd:`Control + -` or right click zoom out. To return to the original zoom press :kbd:`Control + 0` or right click original zoom. If you want qterminal to be fullscreen press :kbd:`F11` to make it fullscreen then :kbd:`F11` again to make it back to its original size.
To split your terminal vertically into two terminals on top of each other :menuselection:`Actions --> Split Terminal Horizontal`. To have one terminal to the left and one to the right :menuselection:`Actions --> Split Terminal Vertically`. To collpase back to how your terminal back to how they were before :menuselection:`Actions --> Collapse Subterminal`. To switch between the two split terminals click on the terminal you want. To switch to a the lower split terminal press :kbd:`Alt + Down` or :menuselection:`Actions --> Bottom Subterminal`. To switch the the top subterminal press :kbd:`Alt + Up` or :menuselection:`Actions --> Top Subterminal`.
To change your preferences go to :menuselection:`file --> preferences`. To change your font press the font change the font and size press the change button in the preferences dialog. The :guilabel:`color scheme` field lets you say change how different colored things in the terminal colors appear. The :guilabel:`widget style` lets you overwrite the system widget style with something other than system default. The :guilabel:`scrollbar position` lets you move the scrollbar to the left or right or remove it entirely. The :guilabel:`tabs position` moves the bar to that part of the window of qterminal. The :guilabel:`cursor shape` changes the shape of the cursor between block cursor a large block, underline cursor a small underline, or i beam which is quite small like a | character.
To toggle showing the menubar check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show the menubar` checkbox. The checkbox :guilabel:`Hide tab bar with only one tab` hides the tab bar when you only have one tab. The checkbox :guilabel:`Limit tab width` limits how wide a tab would be how be and the filed next to it is how wide to limit the width of tabs.The :guilabel:`Show a border around the current terminal` shows a border around the terminal. The checkbox :guilabel:`Show terminal size on resize` toggles showing the terminal size on resizing the window.
The field :guilabel:`Application transparency` gives you the percent transparent for the full application transparency. The feild :guilabel:`Terminal transparency` is how transparent to make the terminal. Note you will need to enable the compton compositor for this function properly. To select a background image for your terminal press the :guilabel:`Select` button next to :guilabel:`Background image:`.
To apply these changes to see how they appear on qterminal press the :guilabel:`apply` button. If you like your new customized terminal layout press the OK button or if you wish to cancel your changes press the :guilabel:`cancel` button.
The :guilabel:`Behavior` tab changes history, pasting, and different kinds of emulation. The button for unlimited history will save an unlimited amount of history. The history size in line lets you save only that many lines of history. The checkbox for Confirm multiline paste brings up a confirmation for pasting multiple lines.
