Workspace tabs

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This article describes how the Console workspace is organized into tabs and split strips, and the keyboard shortcuts that drive it. Every file, Resource workspace, and view you open becomes a tab you can arrange, split, and move.

Strips and tabs

The workspace is divided into strips. Every pane has a top strip and a bottom strip, each holding its own row of tabs. A tab is one open item: a file from the Explorer, a Resource workspace, a Tables grid, or a Board.

Opening an item adds a tab to the active strip. Selecting a tab brings its content to the front. Closing a tab (⌘W) removes it from the strip.

Split strips

Splitting a strip puts two items side by side. Press ⌘\ to split the active strip; the workspace divides and the current tab moves into the new strip. Split to compare two files, to watch Logs while editing, or to keep a Tables grid open next to the code that queries it.

Drag tabs between strips

Tabs are draggable. Drag a tab from one strip to another to move it, or drag it to an edge to create a new split in that direction. The layout you build is preserved for the session, so a working arrangement stays put as you move between Resources.

Quick-open

Press ⌘P to open quick-open, a scoped search over the files and Resources in the current Project. Type to filter, press Enter to open the selection in the active strip. Quick-open is the keyboard route to any file without expanding the Explorer tree.

Quick-open is scoped to the open Project. To jump across Projects or run a Console action, use the command palette (⌘K), described in Navigate the Console.

Keybindings

KeysAction
⌘PQuick-open a file or Resource in the current Project
⌘KCommand palette (global)
⌘BToggle the Explorer
⌘\Split the active strip
⌘1⌘9Focus strip 1 through 9
⌘WClose the active tab

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