A tour of the window
PATerminal's window has four areas: the session sidebar on the left, the toolbar across the top, the phrase bar under it, and the terminal panes that fill the rest. Here is what each one is for.
Written for PATerminal v1.8.3
The whole window
Toolbar
The toolbar acts on the active session. Each icon has a short label under it and a tooltip.
| Button | What it does | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Split right / Split down | Split the focused pane. | Panes |
| Session split | Show several sessions on one screen. | Session split view |
| Broadcast | Send your keystrokes to several sessions at once. | Broadcast input |
| Phrases | Manage and insert saved prompts. | Quick phrases |
| Pair | Have two agents hand work to each other. | Pair mode |
| Prompt history | See everything you sent to claude / codex in a session. | History |
| History | Resume past conversations and restore closed sessions. | History |
| Git | Open the Git window (Cmd/Ctrl+E). The badge counts changed files. | Git |
| Tour | Replay the guided tours. | Getting started |
Panes, the pane bar, and the path bar
Each terminal pane has a bar on top and a path bar at the bottom.
- Pane bar (top)
- The pane's name (double-click to rename), the detected agent, the Git controls for that pane's folder — branch, ↑/↓ counts, changed files, Diff, Worktree, Commit, Fetch, Pull, Push — and buttons to restart or close the pane.
- Path bar (bottom)
- The pane's current folder, shown in full. Click it to open the folder browser, move the terminal, copy the path, or start a session in another folder.
Quick phrase bar
Once you save a quick phrase, a bar appears between the toolbar and the terminals. Click a chip to type it into the focused terminal, or press Cmd/Ctrl+P to pick one with the keyboard. Click the bar's empty area or ▾ to collapse it to one line.
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