How-to / Window Modes / TabStack

TabStack

TabStack is a Window Mode. These shorts live under /how-to/window-modes/tabstack. See also TabStack docs.

TabStack

How to adjust TabStack Split and Swap drop zones

Turn on

How to turn on TabStack

How to apply a layout preset

How to set TabStack default layout and entry

Split, join, swap

How to split a pane by dropping on an edge

How to split a pane from the ⋯ menu

How to split a tab from the tab menu

How to join windows as tabs

How to swap two panes

How to insert a window on a divider

Multi-display

How to move a TabStack window to another display

Empty panes

How to fill an empty pane

How to remove empty panes

Pane behavior

How to set TabStack pane behavior

Tab strip

How to switch tabs

Ctrl+Opt+] [

How to reorder tabs

How to move one tab to another pane

How to move a whole tab stack

How to close tabs

How to drop a file onto a background tab

How Terminal and Ghostty native tabs work in TabStack

Launch & quit

How to launch an app into a pane

How to quit or relaunch an app from a tab

Zoom

How to zoom and restore a pane

Resize

How to resize panes

Fix the layout

How to even out TabStack panes

Opt+Down

How to reflow panes as a grid

Cmd+Opt+G

How to undo a TabStack layout change

How to bring hidden floating windows in front of TabStack

Keyboard

How to focus the neighboring pane

Cmd+Opt+I J K L

How to move a window to the neighboring pane

Cmd+Opt+Shift+I J K L

Layouts

How to save the current layout as a preset

How to create and edit a layout preset

How to delete a custom layout preset

New windows

How to choose where new windows open in TabStack

Appearance

How to customize TabStack appearance

How to put TabStack tabs on the side or bottom

How to auto-hide the TabStack tab bar