Switching focus between editor and terminal in Kate

Question

When working in Unix with various programming languages I often use Kate as my primary editor. It has a really nice function of being able to open a built-in terminal window which is quite useful.

The problem is that switching back and forth to the terminal view using a mouse is quite a pain and I can't find any shortcuts for this. The only shortcut I could find is for closing the entire terminal (not just changing the focus). This is a bit annoying as it causes the text in the terminal window to get truncated (I think it's a known Kate bug).

Does anyone know a better shortcut??

Thanks.

Answer 1

this is a bug in kate. possible workarounds: a) shift back by pressing Shift+Tab, b) try another shortcut (some do work). see also Bug 157496: Alt+[Key] shortcuts for menu items do not work.

Answer 2

Hi Open a separate terminal window. Change to the directory your file is in. Use ALT + Tab to switch between the KATE AND Terminal windows. Size both the windows appropriately to see both of the them at the same time :-) Regards Vikas