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Konsole KDE terminal emulator

Version 24.05 · source

Konsole, Postcard, light preview Light · Postcard 102 × 152 mm · PDF Konsole, Postcard, dark preview Dark · Postcard 102 × 152 mm · PDF Konsole, Postcard, ink saver preview Ink saver · Postcard 102 × 152 mm · PDF
Konsole, A5, light preview Light · A5 148 × 210 mm · PDF Konsole, A5, dark preview Dark · A5 148 × 210 mm · PDF Konsole, A5, ink saver preview Ink saver · A5 148 × 210 mm · PDF
Konsole, A4, light preview Light · A4 210 × 297 mm · PDF Konsole, A4, dark preview Dark · A4 210 × 297 mm · PDF Konsole, A4, ink saver preview Ink saver · A4 210 × 297 mm · PDF
Konsole, A4 landscape, light preview Light · A4 landscape 297 × 210 mm · PDF Konsole, A4 landscape, dark preview Dark · A4 landscape 297 × 210 mm · PDF Konsole, A4 landscape, ink saver preview Ink saver · A4 landscape 297 × 210 mm · PDF
Konsole, A3, light preview Light · A3 297 × 420 mm · PDF Konsole, A3, dark preview Dark · A3 297 × 420 mm · PDF Konsole, A3, ink saver preview Ink saver · A3 297 × 420 mm · PDF
Konsole, A3 landscape, light preview Light · A3 landscape 420 × 297 mm · PDF Konsole, A3 landscape, dark preview Dark · A3 landscape 420 × 297 mm · PDF Konsole, A3 landscape, ink saver preview Ink saver · A3 landscape 420 × 297 mm · PDF
Konsole, Letter, light preview Light · Letter 8.5 × 11 in · PDF Konsole, Letter, dark preview Dark · Letter 8.5 × 11 in · PDF Konsole, Letter, ink saver preview Ink saver · Letter 8.5 × 11 in · PDF
Konsole, Tabloid, light preview Light · Tabloid 11 × 17 in · PDF Konsole, Tabloid, dark preview Dark · Tabloid 11 × 17 in · PDF Konsole, Tabloid, ink saver preview Ink saver · Tabloid 11 × 17 in · PDF

Start here

Ctrl+Shift+T
New tab
Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V
Copy / paste
Ctrl+Shift+F
Find in scrollback
Ctrl+(
Split left / right
Shift+Left / Shift+Right
Previous / next tab
Shift+PageUp
Scroll back
Ctrl+Plus / Ctrl+Minus
Zoom text
F11
Full screen

Concepts

Window one Konsole window
Tab one or more sessions
Split view a view of a session
Profile font, colours, scrolling

Tabs and Windows

Ctrl+Shift+T
New tab
Ctrl+Shift+N
New window
Ctrl+Shift+W
Close current session
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Quit Konsole
Shift+Left / Shift+Right
Previous / next tab
Ctrl+Alt+Left / Ctrl+Alt+Right
Move tab left / right
Ctrl+Alt+S
Configure tab: name, colour
Use this to rename a tab; the title format can contain %d (directory) and %n (program).
Ctrl+Shift+L
Detach tab into its own window
F11
Toggle full screen
Ctrl+Shift+M
Show / hide menu bar
With the menu bar hidden, the hamburger button in the toolbar still reaches every menu.
Ctrl+Shift+F12
Bring background Konsole to front
Only applies to an instance started with --background-mode.

Split View

Ctrl+(
Split left / right
Ctrl+)
Split top / bottom
Ctrl+Shift+E
Maximise / restore current view
Ctrl+Shift+]
Expand current view
Ctrl+Shift+[
Shrink current view
Ctrl+Shift+\
Make all views equal size
Ctrl+Shift+H
Detach current view into a window

Copy and Paste

Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy selection
Ctrl+Shift+V / Shift+Insert
Paste clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+Ins
Paste the selection
Middle-click
Paste selection
Selecting text copies it to the selection buffer automatically.
Double-click / Triple-click
Select word / line
Ctrl+Drag
Select as stream, breaks become spaces
Ctrl+Alt+Drag
Select a rectangular block
Ctrl+Middle-click
Paste and press Enter
Runs the pasted text at once; be careful.
Ctrl+Shift+D
Toggle keyboard selection mode
Move with arrows or h j k l, press V to start and end a selection, Esc to leave.
Ctrl+Shift+F10
Open context menu
Shift+PageUp / Shift+PageDown
Scroll a page up / down
Shift+Up / Shift+Down
Scroll one line
Ctrl+Shift+F
Find in output
F3
Find next
Shift+F3
Find previous
Ctrl+Shift+S
Save output as text or HTML
Ctrl+Shift+K
Clear scrollback and reset terminal
Ctrl+Shift+P
Print screen
Ctrl+Shift+B
Add bookmark for this location

Zoom and Monitoring

Ctrl+Plus
Enlarge font
Ctrl+Minus
Shrink font
Ctrl+0
Reset font size
Ctrl+Wheel
Zoom text with the mouse
Ctrl+Shift+A
Notify on next activity
One-shot: the monitor turns itself off after alerting.
Ctrl+Shift+I
Notify after silence (10 s)
Ctrl+Shift+R
Notify at next prompt
Needs semantic shell integration in your shell.
Ctrl+Shift+.
Copy input to chosen tabs
Ctrl+Shift+/
Stop copying input
Ctrl+Alt+U
ZModem upload

Launching and Profiles

konsole --new-tab
Open a tab in an existing window
konsole --workdir <dir>
Start in a directory
konsole -e <command>
Run a command instead of the shell
Takes all remaining arguments, so it must be the last option.
konsole --profile <name>
Start with a profile
konsole --hold -e <command>
Keep the window open after the command ends
konsole --list-profiles
List available profiles
konsole --tabs-from-file <file>
Open one tab per line of a file
Fields per line: title:, workdir:, profile:, command:, separated by ;;.
konsole --layout <file>
Start from a saved layout
konsole -p <prop>=<value>
Override a profile property
konsole --background-mode
Start hidden in the background
konsole --separate
Run as a separate process
konsole --fullscreen
Start in full screen

Recipes

Three tabs at once
# tabs.txt, one tab per linetitle: build;; workdir: ~/src;; command: make watchtitle: logs;; command: journalctl -f# start itkonsole --tabs-from-file tabs.txt
Run something and keep the output
konsole --hold --workdir ~/src -e make test
Type into several shells
Ctrl+Shift+T   # open the extra tabsCtrl+Shift+.  # pick tabs to mirror input toCtrl+Shift+/  # stop mirroring
Side-by-side logs
Ctrl+(        # split left / rightShift+Right   # switch tab; the other half shows another tabCtrl+Shift+E # maximise one view while reading