Documentation
Welcome to the Tilix documentation, here is where you will learn to use all of the features in Tilix and make your experience as fun and productive as possible. Click on a link below to read more about a specific feature and how to get started using it.
Badges
Badges are displayed in the background of a terminal and can display a variety of information about the terminal session.
Command Line Actions
Tilix supports the use of command line actions to have the running instance execute an action that you would typically do through the user interface, for example splitting a terminal.
Custom Hyperlinks
Like many terminals, Tilix allows clicking on a specific content to perform actions. For example, clicking on a hyperlink opens it in the browser. Tilix takes this a step further and allows the user to define custom links and actions based on regular expressions.
Margin
Toggle a margin when using text editors to help maintain proper code length
Automatic Profile Switching
Automatically switching profiles based on certain conditions which is useful in a variety of situations such as when switching users, connecting to different hosts or changing to sensitive directories.
Quake
Always have a terminal ready to go at the press of a key. Like the eponymous console in the 3D game Quake, this feature enables a terminal to appear at the top of the screen at a touch of key.
Themes
In addition to the built-in themes, custom themes can be defined to enable complete control over the look and style of the terminal window.
Titles
Identifying terminals at a glance can be challenging when multiple terminals are displayed simultaneously. Tilix supports customizing the titles of terminals, sessions and applications to make this process easier.
Triggers
Triggers are defined as regular expressions that is executed against content in the terminal. When a trigger matches content, a corresponding action is executed.
VTE Configuration
Tilix requires that the GTK VTE widget be properly configured in order to work optimally. Unfortunately a number of Linux distributions such as Ubuntu fail to do so by default requiring manual intervention to correct.