We have previously written about a drop-down terminal window available for Ubuntu called Guake (see our post, Install a Drop-Down Terminal Window in Ubuntu). We found another drop-down terminal window for Ubuntu, called Tilda, that is easy to install and use.
To install Tilda, open a Terminal window by selecting Accessories | Terminal from the Applications menu.
Type the following line at the prompt and press Enter.
The installation starts telling you which packages will be installed and how much disk space will be used. Enter a “y” (without the quotes) when prompted and press Enter.
When the installation is finished, type “exit” (without the quotes) at the prompt and press Enter to close the Terminal window.
To open Tilda, press F1 or select Accessories | Tilda from the Applications menu.
NOTE: On our system, pressing F1 opened a help file. You may have to change the hotkey for opening Tilda to another key or key combination. We will show you how to do that later in this post.
The first time you open Tilda, the Tilda Config dialog box displays. To get the Tilda Config dialog box to display after the initial time, right-click on the Tilda window and select Preferences from the popup menu.
To change the hotkey for quickly opening Tilda, click the Keybindings tab on the Tilda Config dialog box. Click the Grab Keybinding button.
Type the key or key combination you want to use to open and close Tilda. The key or key combination displays in the Key Binding edit box above the Grab Keybinding button.
There are many other preferences you can set to customize Tilda, including the display, font, appearance, and colors.
Tilda initially displays with only a height of 150 pixels by default. You can change that height so you can see more commands and results in your terminal window. To do this, click the Appearance tab on the Tilda Config dialog box and change the value in the In Pixels edit box in the Height box.
When you are finished customizing the Tilda preferences, click the Close button to close the Tilda Config dialog box.
When you change the height, the Tilda window now shows more lines at a time.
You can also open multiple tabs in the Tilda window so you can have multiple terminal sessions going at one time. To do this, right-click in the Tilda window and select New Tab from the popup menu.
The new tab displays to the right of any existing tabs. To close the currently active tab, simply right-click in the Tilda window again and select Close Tab from the popup menu.
You can close the Tilda window by pressing the hotkey again or by typing “exit” (without the quotes) at the prompt and pressing Enter, just like you would in a normal Terminal window.
NOTE: If you use “exit” to close the Tilda window, all extra tabs must be closed. Entering “exit” in the Tilda window when there are multiple tabs open, closes the currently active tab.
To install Tilda, open a Terminal window by selecting Accessories | Terminal from the Applications menu.
Type the following line at the prompt and press Enter.
$ sudo apt-get install tildaEnter your password when prompted.
The installation starts telling you which packages will be installed and how much disk space will be used. Enter a “y” (without the quotes) when prompted and press Enter.
When the installation is finished, type “exit” (without the quotes) at the prompt and press Enter to close the Terminal window.
To open Tilda, press F1 or select Accessories | Tilda from the Applications menu.
NOTE: On our system, pressing F1 opened a help file. You may have to change the hotkey for opening Tilda to another key or key combination. We will show you how to do that later in this post.
The first time you open Tilda, the Tilda Config dialog box displays. To get the Tilda Config dialog box to display after the initial time, right-click on the Tilda window and select Preferences from the popup menu.
To change the hotkey for quickly opening Tilda, click the Keybindings tab on the Tilda Config dialog box. Click the Grab Keybinding button.
Type the key or key combination you want to use to open and close Tilda. The key or key combination displays in the Key Binding edit box above the Grab Keybinding button.
There are many other preferences you can set to customize Tilda, including the display, font, appearance, and colors.
Tilda initially displays with only a height of 150 pixels by default. You can change that height so you can see more commands and results in your terminal window. To do this, click the Appearance tab on the Tilda Config dialog box and change the value in the In Pixels edit box in the Height box.
When you are finished customizing the Tilda preferences, click the Close button to close the Tilda Config dialog box.
When you change the height, the Tilda window now shows more lines at a time.
You can also open multiple tabs in the Tilda window so you can have multiple terminal sessions going at one time. To do this, right-click in the Tilda window and select New Tab from the popup menu.
The new tab displays to the right of any existing tabs. To close the currently active tab, simply right-click in the Tilda window again and select Close Tab from the popup menu.
You can close the Tilda window by pressing the hotkey again or by typing “exit” (without the quotes) at the prompt and pressing Enter, just like you would in a normal Terminal window.
NOTE: If you use “exit” to close the Tilda window, all extra tabs must be closed. Entering “exit” in the Tilda window when there are multiple tabs open, closes the currently active tab.
There is a problem... as many times I press the hotkey F1 it opens up a new tilda window instead of hinding :( I can't get past this problem... i need to exit all windows to remove tilda from the screen!! can you please help me in this??
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