Set default terminal

[MarkusAmshove]

Hi,

I wanted to rebind the Terminal application that gets launched with Super + T to another terminal (Alacritty), but I had to unbding the default binding and add a custom binding, because I couldn't change the default terminal for Elementary in Settings -> Applications.

Could you support changing the default terminal?
Or guide me in the correct direction, then I can senda PR if desired :-)

[cassidyjames]

The way Terminal works is different from most other application defaults; on elementary OS, it uses the Debian alternatives system instead of the xdg method. This makes it a lot harder to set a default from a GUI.

What you can do instead is disable the built-in Terminal shortcut, then set a custom shortcut to open the app you want.

[jtrees]

I tried changing the default x-terminal-emulator app via update-alternatives. The keyboard shortcut still launches elementary Terminal though. There might still be something hard-coded in there.