Preview Pane
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The preview pane shows the last 50 lines of output from the selected session’s tmux pane, letting you see what Claude is doing without fully attaching.
Quick Start
Section titled “Quick Start”Press p to toggle the preview pane. It appears alongside the session list and updates automatically as you navigate between sessions.
Layouts
Section titled “Layouts”Press L to cycle through preview layouts:
| Layout | Description |
|---|---|
| Side | Sessions on the left, preview on the right |
| Bottom | Sessions on top, preview below |
| Inline | Preview appears below the selected session in the list |
Interaction
Section titled “Interaction”Press Tab to focus the preview pane for scrolling. When focused:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
j / k | Scroll down / up |
PgDn / PgUp | Page down / up |
g | Go to top |
G | Go to bottom |
Tab / Esc | Return focus to session list |
Press W to toggle line wrapping.
Press [ / ] to resize the preview pane.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”The preview pane captures output using tmux capture-pane -t <session> -p -S -50, which extracts the last 50 lines of the tmux pane’s scrollback buffer. Content refreshes periodically (every 1-2 seconds) and when the cursor moves to a different session.
For remote sessions, the same command is executed over SSH.
Related Features
Section titled “Related Features”- Content Viewer — Full-screen viewer for files and diffs
- Scrollable Panels — Scrolling behavior details