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Inspecting Your Workspace

#040 0:13 Part of the Rysh video series

Lost track of your layout? A handful of ## commands map your entire workspace.

Inspecting Your Workspace — 0:13 walkthrough

What you'll see

  1. Launch rysh and split a pane with Ctrl+P n to create structure.
  2. Double-Escape into rysh mode.
  3. Run ##pane info for the active pane's id, mode, name, and status.
  4. Run ##tab list and ##lane list to enumerate tabs and columns.
  5. Run ##pg list, then ##pg layout to print the full tab tree (lanes -> groups -> stacked panes).

Commands shown

rysh
n
##pane info
##tab list
##lane list
##pg list
##pg layout

Keys used

EnterCtrl+pEscape

Transcript

0:00Lost track of your layout? A handful of ## commands map your entire workspace.

0:03Start rysh and build a small layout to inspect.

0:07Ctrl+P then n splits right, giving us a second pane in a new group.

0:13Double-Escape over to rysh mode so we can issue inspection commands.

0:36And ##pg layout prints the full tab tree: lanes, groups, and stacked panes, all in one view.

0:42Five commands, and you can see your whole workspace at a glance.

Key takeaway
A short set of ## introspection commands reveals your whole workspace structure at a glance.