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diff --git a/help/C/gs-tabs.page b/help/C/gs-tabs.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43ad6eb --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/gs-tabs.page @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" + type="guide" + id="gs-tabs"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#getting-started"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-17" status="candidate"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-07" status="candidate"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-01-04" status="candidate"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Sindhu S</name> + <email its:translate="no">sindhus@live.in</email> + <years>2013</years> + </credit> + <credit type="copyright editor"> + <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> + <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> + <years>2013–2014</years> + </credit> + <credit type="copyright editor"> + <name>Michael Hill</name> + <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email> + <years>2013</years> + </credit> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <desc>Enable, add, remove and reorder <app>Terminal</app> tabs.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Use tabs</title> + + <p>The tab bar is shown at the top a <app>Terminal</app> window that has + multiple tabs open (it looks like a row of buttons). Click on a tab to switch + to it. You can open multiple tabs to manage your work in <app>Terminal</app>. + This will allow you to multi-task with activities such as running programs, + browsing directories and editing text files in a single <app>Terminal</app> + window.</p> + + <section id="add-tab"> + <title>Open a new tab</title> + + <p>To open a new tab inside your current <app>Terminal</app> window:</p> + <steps> + <item> + <p>Press + <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>T</key></keyseq>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + </section> + +<!-- TODO: doesn't work, see bug 720693 + <section id="rename-tab"> + <title>Rename a tab</title> + + <p>Each tab has an automatically assigned title. You can rename the tabs + individually:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui> + <gui style="menuitem">Set Title…</gui></guiseq>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Enter the desired <gui>Title</gui> that you wish to use for the tab. + This will overwrite any titles that would be set by terminal commands. + </p> + <note> + <p>It is not possible to set back the automatically set title once it + has been set for a tab. To see the title, you need to allow terminal + command titles to be shown in the <gui style="menuitem">Profile + Preferences</gui>.</p> + </note> + </item> + <item> + <p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + </section>--> + + <section id="close-tab"> + <title>Remove a tab</title> + + <p>To close an existing tab inside your current <app>Terminal</app> + window:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Press <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>W</key></keyseq>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + <p>Alternatively, you can click on the <gui style="button">×</gui> in the + top right corner of the tab or right click on the tab and select + <gui style="menuitem">Close Terminal</gui>.</p> + + </section> + + <section id="reorder-tab"> + <title>Reorder tabs</title> + + <p>To change the ordering of tabs in a window:</p> + <steps> + <item> + <p>Click and hold the left mouse button on the tab.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Drag the tab to the desired position among the other tabs.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Release the mouse button.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + <p>The tab will be placed in the position closest to where you released the + tab, immediately beside other open tabs.</p> + + <p>Alternatively, you can reorder a tab by right clicking on a tab and + selecting <gui style="menuitem">Move Terminal Left</gui> to move the tab to + the left or <gui style="menuitem">Move Terminal Right</gui> to move the tab + to the right. This will reorder the tab position by moving it one place at + a time.</p> + + </section> + + <!-- + <section id="move-tab-another-window"> + <title>Move a tab to another <app>Terminal</app> window</title> + + <p>If you want to move a tab from one window to another:</p> + <steps> + <item> + <p>Click and hold the left mouse button on the tab.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Drag the tab to the new window.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Place it beside other tabs in the new window.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Release the mouse button.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + <note style="tip"> + <p>You can move a tab from one window to another by dragging the tab to + the <gui>Activities</gui> hot-corner of the <gui>GNOME Shell</gui>. This + will reveal each of the open <app>Terminal</app> windows. You can release + the tab that you are holding over the desired <app>Terminal</app> + window.</p> + </note> + </section> + + <section id="move-tab-create-window"> + <title>Move a tab to create a new <app>Terminal</app> window</title> + + <p>To create a new window from an existing tab:</p> + <steps> + <item> + <p>Click and hold the left mouse button on the tab.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Drag the tab out of the current <app>Terminal</app> window.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Release the mouse button.</p> + </item> + </steps> + </section> + --> + +</page> |