Paste history lets you revisit recently copied or pasted text. Use the keyboard to make and modify selections. The word you're looking for is usually on top of the list! Just type the start of any word that has ever appeared in your window and then Cmd- will pop open a window with suggestions. Even regular expression support is offered! ITerm2 comes with a robust find-on-page feature. This gives you an always-available terminal (like Visor, Guake, or Yakuake) at your fingertips.
You can choose to have the hotkey open a dedicated window. Register a hotkey that brings iTerm2 to the foreground when you're in another application. Notice how inactive panes are slightly dimmed so it's easy to see which is active. You can slice vertically and horizontally and create any number of panes in any imaginable arrangement. And these are just the main attractions!ĭivide a tab up into multiple panes, each one showing a different session. Every conceivable desire a terminal user might have has been foreseen and solved.
