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Is it possible to detach one of the terminal panes (split windows, not tabs) in terminator and move it to a new window? I know there is a workaround (see the answers below) but I'm looking for a better (more user-friendly) solution.

geckon
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There is a workaround:

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + i to open a new window. You need to open it like this, the workaround doesn't work if you start a new terminator process.
  2. Then you can move terminal panes from one window to another using drag & drop so you can move the pane you want to detach to the new window.
  3. Now you have two panes in the new window - one started with the window and one you moved there. Just close the original pane and you have only the pane you originally wanted to detach to a new window.

But I'm hoping for a better way.

geckon
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    This is a nice workaround to a feature that unfurtunately doesnt exist in terminator yet :( Maybe I should try hack around in the code and get this to work as intended – Michael Aquilina May 31 '16 at 09:26
  • its not as ideal as dragging the window to where you want it, but at least it's possible. Thanks! – Eric Fitting May 24 '17 at 14:56
  • @SamMarinelli, what exactly did you do and what happened? – geckon Feb 03 '18 at 15:43
  • When I try to drag a pane from one window to the other, nothing happens. Specifically I click the tab at the top of one window and then drag to the other window and release the mouse, but the other window does not respond. – Sam Marinelli Feb 05 '18 at 21:40
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    @SamMarinelli, wait, are you talking about tab or pane (as in a split window)? This isn't meant for tabs but I just tried this again with panes and it works as expected. – geckon Feb 06 '18 at 22:13
  • Whoops, I see now. I thought "pane" was just the parlance you were using for tabs. – Sam Marinelli Feb 07 '18 at 05:56
  • Yeah, the terminology may be confusing. I will update the original question to make it clearer. – geckon Feb 07 '18 at 09:21
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Create a new terminal tab, click on the 'tab' tab on the menu bar, select detach tab

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    Which terminator version do you use? Please note that the original question was about panes, not tabs. – geckon Nov 27 '18 at 23:46