Ubuntu – How to open new tab in existing terminal session and using keyboard shortcut / modifying global settings

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Keyboard shortcut CTRL + ALT + T opens a new terminal window on Linux.
By default it opens 1 new terminal window.

  1. Is there a way how to customize how many new tabs are going to be opened ?
    e.g. by using this shortcut it will open 2 tabs by default

  2. What is the right keyboard shortcut to open a new tab in existing terminal ?

    • I want to have 2 tabs opened and switch between them with CTRL + Page up

Best Answer

gnome-terminal is the default terminal application on Ubuntu. It does have a command line option that should help:

--tab    Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the default profile

so you could create a custom keyboard shortcut with the command

gnome-terminal --tab

If you wanted to open two tabs you could create a script file like:

#!/bin/sh
gnome-terminal --tab
gnome-terminal --tab

Then call that script file from your keyboard shortcut.

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