You may also want to use this split-screen setup to display some useful information in one window, and then work with this information in another window. This split-screen setup is great for general multi-tasking, but it can also be useful when you’re performing complex operations that require lots of Terminal commands, as you can divide this complex task into multiple parts and then handle each part in a separate window. To take a look at this split-screen view, press the ‘Command+D’ keyboard shortcut.
This allows you to have two iTerm2 windows side-by-side, which operate independently of one another. One particularly useful iTerm2 feature that isn’t available in the standard Terminal, is split-screen view.
In the left-hand menu, select the ‘Hotkey Window’ profile.Select ‘iTerm2 > Preferences…’ form the iTerm2 menu bar.To turn this overlay opaque, so that it looks more like the “regular” iTerm2 window: However, sometimes transparency can be distracting, for example if you have a particularly noisy wallpaper then you might struggle to read the iTerm2 text. You can interact with this overlay in exactly the same way you interact with the regular iTerm2 window. Now press your keys, and an iTerm2 overlay should appear. Test your keyboard shortcut by closing the ‘Preferences…’ window and exiting iTerm2.You should now see a message that a new ‘Hotkey Window’ has been created.When you’re happy with the shortcut you’ve created, click ‘OK.’.
Press the keys that you want to use, and the field should update to display these keys. This field should now display a ‘Recording’ label.
Once you’ve downloaded iTerm2, install and launch it.
iTerm2 is free to download and use, but if you enjoy using this app then you should consider donating to the developer to help support their work on this project.
To try this app for yourself, head over to the iTerm2 website and download the latest version.