Workspaces

A workspace is a named tiling layout of panes. Each workspace is independent — switching workspaces swaps the entire screen. Think of them as virtual desktops for your development tasks.

Creating workspaces

Press Alt+N, or click the + button in the workspace tab bar. New workspaces start with a single Selection pane — a launcher with four options: New Agent, New Terminal, Browser, and Open File. Empty slots in a layout show the same launcher.

Switching workspaces

(All workspace chords are Alt-based, so they work everywhere — including browser and roam modes, where the browser owns Ctrl+Tab.)

Organizing tabs

• Rename — double-click a tab. Good names reflect the task: "frontend auth", "API endpoints", "debugging".
• Color — right-click a tab to assign a color (the same palette as bookmarks).
• Reorder — drag tabs along the strip; it scrolls when crowded.
• Pin / manage — the Home panel lists every workspace with a Pin / Rename / Close menu.

What's saved

Every workspace is saved automatically:

• Pane layout — the tiling grid and proportions
• Pane state — agent conversations, terminal history, open files
• Reading position — agent and terminal panes return to where you left off
• Focus — which pane was active

When you relaunch hob, all workspaces are restored exactly as you left them — see Checkpoints.

Closing workspaces

Close a workspace with the X on its tab, by middle-clicking the tab, or with Alt+Q. Close all workspaces with Alt+Shift+Q. The panes are removed but agent conversations are preserved in Activity, and a closed workspace can be restored with undo. Closing your last workspace immediately opens a fresh one, so you always have at least one.

Multi-window

hob supports multiple windows (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N). Each window has its own set of workspaces. On launch, all windows are restored — including their positions and sizes.