Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type.
Explanations are in the following sections.
General Options
-h, --help; -V, --version;
--disable-server; --color-table; --preferences;
--default-display=display;
--default-working-directory=directory
Window or Tab Separators
--tab; --window
Tab Options
-x, --execute; -e,
--command=command; -T,
--title=title;
--dynamic-title-mode=mode;
--initial-title=title;
--working-directory=directory; -H, --hold;
--active-tab; --color-text=color;
--color-bg=color
Window Options
--display=display;
--drop-down; --geometry=geometry;
--role=role; --startup-id=string;
-I, --icon=icon; --fullscreen; --maximize;
--minimize; --show-menubar, --hide-menubar;
--show-borders, --hide-borders; --show-toolbar,
--hide-toolbar; --show-scrollbar, --hide-scrollbar;
--font=font; --zoom=zoom
-h, --help
List the various command line options supported by
xfce4-terminal and exit.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
--disable-server
Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus. Run
this terminal in its own process.
--color-table
Echo the color codes.
--preferences
Open the xfce4-terminal preferences window.
--default-display=display
Default X display to use.
--default-working-directory=directory
Set directory as the default working directory for
the terminal.
--tab
Open a new tab in the last specified window. More than
one of these options can be provided, each opening an additional tab.
--window
Open a new window containing one tab. More than one of
these options can be provided.
If there is an active window, the last specified window is that
window until a --window option is encountered at which point that new window
is the last specified window.
If there is no active window, the last specified window is the
window created by xfce4-terminal until a --window option is encountered at
which point that new window is the last specified window.
These options can be combined with --drop-down.
-x, --execute
Execute the remainder of the command line inside the
terminal.
-e, --command=command
Execute command inside the terminal.
-T, --title=title
Set title as the window title for the terminal
(ignores dynamically-set title).
--dynamic-title-mode=mode
Set mode as the dynamically-set title mode for the
terminal, one of: 'replace', 'before', 'after', 'none'.
--initial-title=title
Set title as the initial window title for the
terminal (respects dynamically-set title).
--working-directory=directory
Set directory as the working directory for the
terminal.
-H, --hold
Causes the terminal to be kept around after the child
command has terminated.
--active-tab
Makes the terminal active: useful when a terminal window
contains multiple tabs.
--color-text=color
--color-bg=color
--display=display
X display to use for the last- specified window.
--drop-down
Will start the window in drop-down mode (also called a
Quake-style terminal). This will only apply to the first window started with
this option. It is advised to bind this to a shortcut in the keyboard
preferences.
--geometry=geometry
Sets the geometry of the last-specified window to
geometry. Read
X(7) for more information on how to specify
window geometries.
--role=role
Sets the window role of the last-specified window to
role. Applies to only one window and can be specified once for each
window you create from the command line. The role is a unique
identifier for the window to be used when restoring a session.
--startup-id=string
Specifies the startup notification id for the
last-specified window. Used internally to forward the startup notification id
when using the D-BUS service.
-I, --icon=icon
Set the terminal's icon as an icon name or
filename.
--fullscreen
Set the last-specified window into fullscreen mode;
applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--maximize
Set the last-specified window into maximized mode;
applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--minimize
Set the last-specified window into minimized mode;
applies to only one window; can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--show-menubar
Turn on the menubar for the last-specified window. Can be
specified once for each window you create from the command line.
--hide-menubar
Turn off the menubar for the last-specified window. Can
be specified once for each window you create from the command line.
--show-borders
Turn on the window decorations for the last-specified
window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you
create from the command line.
--hide-borders
Turn off the window decorations for the last-specified
window. Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you
create from the command line.
--show-toolbar
Turn on the toolbar for the last-specified window.
Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--hide-toolbar
Turn off the toolbar for the last-specified window.
Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--show-scrollbar
Turn on the scrollbar for the last-specified window.
Scrollbar position is taken from the settings; if position is None, the
default position is Right side. Applies to only one window. Can be specified
once for each window you create from the command line.
--hide-scrollbar
Turn off the scrollbar for the last-specified window.
Applies to only one window. Can be specified once for each window you create
from the command line.
--font=font
Set the terminal font.
--zoom=zoom
Set the zoom level: the font size will be multiplied by
this level. The range is from -7 to 7, default is 0. Each step multiplies the
size by 1.2, i.e. level 7 is 3.5831808 (1.2^7) times larger than the default
size.
xfce4-terminal uses the Basedir Specification as defined on
Freedesktop.org[1] to locate its data and configuration files. This
means that file locations will be specified as a path relative to the
directories described in the specification.
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}
The first base directory to look for configuration files.
By default this is set to ~/.config/.
${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}
A colon separated list of base directories that contain
configuration data. By default the application will look in
${sysconfdir}/xdg/. The value of ${sysconfdir} depends on how the
program was build and will often be /etc/ for binary packages.
${XDG_DATA_HOME}
The root for all user-specific data files. By default
this is set to ~/.local/share/.
${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
A set of preference ordered base directories relative to
which data files should be searched in addition to the ${XDG_DATA_HOME}
base directory. The directories should be separated with a colon.