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Integrated terminal

Trq has a built-in Terminal — a real shell inside the app, so you can commit a fixed test, pull the latest, or run a script without switching windows. It's the last tab in the bottom panel, next to Events, Console, Network, Summary, Timeline, and Elements.

The integrated Terminal tab in the bottom panel, running git rooted at the open project

What you get​

  • A full shell — your login shell ($SHELL) with real colors, prompts, and interactive programs. Not a fake command box: git log, arrow-key history, and Ctrl-C/Ctrl-D all work as they do in any terminal.
  • Rooted at your project — the terminal opens in the folder your sessions live in, so git status, npm test, and relative paths just work against the project you're testing.
  • Always to hand — flip to it while a recording or playback is open; your scrollback and any running command stay put when you switch to another tab and back.

Open it​

Click Terminal in the bottom-panel tab strip. If the panel is hidden, press ⌘J to show it first.

Trq's layout shortcuts keep working while you're typing in the terminal, so you never get trapped in it:

  • ⌘J — show / hide the bottom panel
  • ⌘F — maximize / restore the panel (handy for a full-height terminal)
  • ⌘D — move the panel between the bottom and the right
  • ⌘B — toggle the Explorer

Shell control keys stay with the shell — ⌘ drives Trq, Ctrl drives the terminal — so Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, and Ctrl-L do exactly what you expect, and ⌘C / ⌘V copy and paste.

One shell per window

Each Trq window has a single terminal session. Hiding the panel with ⌘J ends that shell (like closing a terminal tab); reopening the Terminal starts a fresh one in the project directory.