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MATE Terminal

MATE Terminal is the official terminal emulator for the MATE desktop. It provides access to a UNIX shell within the graphical environment, with support for multiple sessions, customizable appearance, and configurable key bindings.

MATE Terminal window
MATE Terminal

Features

  • Multiple tabs and windows — run several shell sessions side by side
  • Profiles — save different configurations (colors, fonts, shell, working directory) as named profiles
  • Color schemes — built-in palettes plus full custom foreground/background color support
  • Transparent background — configurable background transparency
  • Clickable URLs — open links directly from the terminal output
  • Custom key bindings — remap any terminal shortcut
  • Encoding support — switch character encoding per-session
  • Bell control — visual or audible bell, or silence it entirely

Keyboard Shortcuts

ActionShortcut
New tabCtrl+Shift+T
New windowCtrl+Shift+N
Close tabCtrl+Shift+W
Next tabCtrl+Page Down
Previous tabCtrl+Page Up
CopyCtrl+Shift+C
PasteCtrl+Shift+V
FindCtrl+Shift+F
Zoom inCtrl++
Zoom outCtrl+-
Reset zoomCtrl+0
Full screenF11
Last updated on • mbkma