# Terminal Demo

Interactive terminal emulator running bash.

```{raw} html
<span class="example-docs-badge">📄 Docs only</span>

```

**Tags:** `ui`

Demonstrates PTY-backed ShellNode + TerminalEmulator widget with MSDF font
rendering. For best results, install a Nerd Font (e.g. Hack Nerd Font Mono)
to get Powerline arrows, git icons, and other special glyphs used by
Powerlevel10k and similar zsh themes.

Controls:
  - Click terminal to focus
  - Type normally for text input
  - Ctrl+key combinations work (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, etc.)
  - Scroll wheel for scrollback history
  - Try: nano, htop, ls --colour, etc.

Run: uv run python examples/features/ui/terminal.py

## Source

```{literalinclude} ../../examples/features/ui/terminal.py
:language: python
:linenos:
```