Workspaces

Group panes into workspaces in the left rail — hidden ones keep running — and save named layouts.

A workspace is a self-contained tab in the left rail. Each one holds its own pane layout, its own active pane, and its own accent color. You can have as many workspaces open as you like — switching between them never stops any running shells.

Creating workspaces

Press Ctrl+Shift+T or click the + button at the bottom of the rail to create a new workspace. It opens with a single pane and is auto-named (workspace 1, workspace 2, …) with a randomly chosen accent color.

Switching workspaces

Action	Shortcut
Next workspace	Ctrl+PageDown
Previous workspace	Ctrl+PageUp
Jump to workspace 1–9	Alt+1 … Alt+9

These shortcuts are fixed and cannot be remapped.

Hidden workspaces keep running

When you switch away from a workspace, its panes stay alive. Shells continue to run, output continues to accumulate in scrollback, and SSH connections stay open. Switching only changes what you see — it never kills a PTY.

Renaming workspaces

Click the workspace name in the rail to rename it in place. Names are saved immediately and restored when you relaunch DiceTerm.

Reordering workspaces

Drag a workspace tab up or down the rail to reorder it. The order is preserved across restarts.

Accent colors

Each workspace has its own accent color, chosen randomly at creation. You can change it by right-clicking the workspace tab in the rail.

Saving and reloading named layouts (Arrangements)

The rail includes a Layouts menu where you can save the current workspace's pane layout as a named arrangement and reload it later. This is useful for repeatable setups — for example, a "three-pane server monitor" or a "side-by-side diff" view you reach for often.

Saved arrangements are restored on relaunch along with everything else.

New windows

Press Ctrl+Shift+N to open a new DiceTerm window. New windows are separate — they don't share workspaces or session state with the primary window, and only the primary window responds to the global summon hotkey.

Tip: Use Ctrl+Shift+P (Open Quickly) to fuzzy-search across all workspaces and panes by name and jump directly to one — handy when you have many workspaces open.