i3wm-change-default-terminal.md

Change the Default Terminal in i3wm

To change the default terminal, you can modify the order in the /usr/bin/i3-sensible-terminal file:

- for terminal in "$TERMINAL" x-terminal-emulator mate-terminal gnome-terminal terminator xfce4-terminal urxvt rxvt termit Eterm aterm uxterm xterm roxterm termite lxterminal terminology st qterminal lilyterm tilix terminix konsole kitty guake tilda alacritty hyper wezterm; do
+ for terminal in "$TERMINAL" kitty alacritty x-terminal-emulator mate-terminal gnome-terminal terminator xfce4-terminal urxvt rxvt termit Eterm aterm uxterm xterm roxterm termite lxterminal terminology st qterminal lilyterm tilix terminix konsole kitty guake tilda alacritty hyper wezterm; do

    if command -v "$terminal" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
      exec "$terminal" "$@"
    fi
done

Here, kitty and alacritty has been set to take precedence over the other terminal emulators (x-terminal-emulator, mate-terminal, etc.)