Terminal & Remote Access
Work with Terminal Tabs, Panes, and Shortcuts
By TermSquad · Last reviewed
Herdr organizes your TermSquad terminal into workspaces, tabs, and panes. A pane holds a terminal process, a tab groups panes, and a workspace groups related work.
For example, keep your agent in one pane and a development server in another so their input and output stay separate.
Default shortcuts
Press Ctrl+B, release both keys, and then press the second key. This first combination is Herdr’s default prefix.
| Action | Keys after Ctrl+B |
|---|---|
| Show shortcut help | ? |
| Create a tab | c |
| Previous / next tab | p / n |
| Select tab 1–9 | 1–9 |
| Split vertically | v |
| Split horizontally | - |
| Focus left / down / up / right | h / j / k / l |
| Expand or restore the current pane | z |
| Open the workspace picker | w |
| Detach from the session | q |
These are defaults. Your installed version or personal configuration may use different bindings. Open shortcut help or run herdr --default-config to inspect the defaults available on your computer.
Organize a project
- Open the terminal in your project folder.
- Create a tab or split pane.
- Check the new pane’s directory with
pwd. - Start the second task in that pane.
- Switch focus before typing commands.
Detach versus close
Detaching leaves the session available to reconnect. Closing a pane or exiting its process can end the work in it. Use detachment or close the browser when you simply want to leave a running task.
See persistent agent sessions and reconnecting from another device.