Terminal Management
Creating terminals
Open a new terminal with Ctrl+T or the + button in the sidebar. Terminals are associated with a project (if a project is active) or created as standalone terminals.
Each terminal is backed by a node-pty process running your configured shell (bash, zsh, PowerShell, etc.).
Split layouts
Conductore supports up to 10 simultaneous panes in a single window. Switch layouts with keyboard shortcuts or the title bar buttons.
| Layout | Shortcut | Panes |
|---|---|---|
| Single | Ctrl+Shift+1 | 1 |
| Horizontal split | Ctrl+Shift+2 | 2 |
| Vertical split | Ctrl+Shift+3 | 2 |
| Triple (1+2) | Ctrl+Shift+T | 3 |
| Quad (2×2) | Ctrl+Shift+G | 4 |
| Five panes | Ctrl+Shift+F | 5 |
| Six panes | Ctrl+Shift+H | 6 |
| Nine panes | Ctrl+Shift+N | 9 (3×3) |
| Ten panes | Ctrl+Shift+X | 10 (5×2) |
Navigating panes
Switch between panes with Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9. These shortcuts map to the Nth alive terminal in sidebar order (top to bottom, project by project).
The active pane is highlighted with your project's accent color.
Pane swap
Drag a pane header onto another pane to swap their positions. Or use Ctrl+Shift+→ / Ctrl+Shift+← / Ctrl+Shift+↑ / Ctrl+Shift+↓ to swap the current pane with its neighbour.
Right-click a pane header to access the context menu: Rename, Mark Done, Swap with Pane N, Close.
Naming terminals
Double-click a terminal's title in the sidebar, or right-click and select Rename, or press F2 while the terminal is focused. Names persist across restarts.
Activity indicators
A pulsing green dot appears on terminals that have produced output while not visible. The dot clears automatically after 3 seconds of silence. This lets you spot active agents in panes that are currently off-screen.
Amber and red dots indicate idle or stuck AI agents — see AI Agent Features for details.
Marking terminals done
Mark a terminal as done with Ctrl+D or via the right-click context menu. Done terminals are greyed out in the sidebar and excluded from the Ctrl+1-9 shortcut rotation.
Enable Auto-close done terminals in Settings → Terminal to automatically close a pane when its process exits.
Ordering
Terminals are ordered by their order value. Drag terminals within the sidebar to reorder them. New terminals are always added at the end.
Pane indicators
Two styles are available in Settings → UI:
- Badge — a small numbered badge shows which pane index each terminal occupies
- Name bar — a thin strip at the top of each pane shows the terminal's name
Duplicate terminal
Right-click a terminal in the sidebar and select Duplicate to open a new terminal in the same directory with the same shell.
File drag & drop
Drag a file from your file manager onto a terminal pane. Conductore pastes the file path at the cursor position, saving you from typing long paths.