How to set the terminal to open maximized

Question

I want to tell compiz, metacity, the gnome-terminal or whoever is in charge to open the terminal window maximized by default.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

If you want gnome-terminal to open fullscreen when you open it with Gnome Do or the Applications menu, put the following into a file named gnome-terminal.desktop and put that in ~/.local/share/applications.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
Comment=Use the command line
TryExec=gnome-terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal --window --maximize
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.32.0
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal

Then log out and log back to apply the changes.

Answer 2

Launch gnome-terminal as such:

gnome-terminal --window --maximize

Answer 3

gnome-terminal --full-screen

You could create a shortcut on your desktop or panel to this command.

Answer 4

Ubuntu 12.04

Run ccsm (CompizConfig Settings Manager). Under Window Management enable Window Rules and open it, and in the Maximized field put class=Gnome-terminal. You may need to log out and log back in before the changes come into effect.

You can do more. I use (class=Gnome-terminal) | (class=Evince).

Answer 5

If you just want the terminal to open full size on screen use the GUI method of changing the default size through current profile preferences dialog appropriately to do so simply follow these steps

*open a terminal and choose edit

*in the general tab check Use custom default terminal size

*you need to adjust these values so that they fit your screen 
by simple trial and error

the column setting is 128 for me you should set the values that best suit you.

Answer 6

• Open a Terminal
• Select Profile Preferences from the Edit Menu.
• Tick Use custom default terminal size and enter a default size that is too large for the screen e.g. 240 columns and 100 rows.

Click close then open a new Terminal by clicking the icon OR pressing Ctrl + Alt + T, the new terminal window should be maximised.

This answer is based upon advice I was given here: How to make terminal start maximized?

Answer 7

In Ubuntu 11.10 and up:

• Search > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts > Add (+ button) >
  • Name: Launch Terminal Maximized
  • Command: gnome-terminal --window --maximize
• Click Apply
• Click on 'Disabled'
• Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T

Answer 8

The selected answer didn't work for me on fully updated Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, so I decided it was time for a more drastic approach.

1. Rename original gnome-terminal executable to gnome-terminal-original:

   cd /usr/bin
   mv gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-original
   

2. Create a new file in /usr/bin named gnome-terminal with the following content:

   #!/bin/bash
   /usr/bin/gnome-terminal-original --maximize $@
   

3. Make it executable:

   chmod +x gnome-terminal
   

Now no matter how I open the terminal, it always opens maximized. The only downside I see for this approach is that you have to repeat these steps every time you might update gnome-terminal with a new version via update manager or apt-get upgrade.

Note: the $@ parameter means that all arguments that might get passed to gnome-terminal will still get passed to gnome-terminal-original, along with --maximize argument.

Answer 9

You can probably modify your shortcuts to use the maximize one so that it always starts that way.