Workspaces, layouts, panels

The pro terminal is a workspace, not a page. This is the mechanics layer, workspaces vs layouts, color groups, panel chrome, the keyboard shortcuts that turn the workspace into a tool you can drive without the mouse.

The vocabulary

  • Panel, a single chart or tool. Spawned by a command (e.g. STUDY BTC), draggable, resizable. One verb maps to one panel kind.
  • Workspace, a named container holding a set of panels in a specific arrangement. The tabs at the top (or bottom, your choice) of the screen are workspaces.
  • Layout, a saved snapshot you can restore into the active workspace. Layouts are templates; workspaces are running instances. Save with SAVE name, restore with LAYOUT name.
  • Color group, a symbol-linkage chip in each panel header. Panels in the same group propagate symbol changes to each other. Six colours, distinct.

Multiple workspaces

Use the workspace tabs to keep independent desks for different jobs. A common setup:

  • Morning routine, Study BTC + Study ETH + macro panels + GEX BTC. Read this first thing, then move on.
  • Active book, Study + GEX + LEVELS + SUMMARY + STRATEGY for whatever you're trading right now.
  • Research, REGR, MC, GARCH, CORRMAT, the quant bench, opened only when needed.

Right-click a tab for rename / duplicate / clear / close. The last workspace can't be closed (something has to stay mounted). Workspaces persist across reloads per browser profile.

Layouts

Layouts capture "what panels in what positions" without bringing along workspace identity. Save a layout once; reload it into any workspace later.

SAVE morning             save current panels + positions as "morning"
LAYOUT morning           load the morning layout into the active workspace
LAYOUT                   list saved layouts in the command bar dropdown

Color groups

Click the small grey chip in any panel's header. A picker appears. Set two or more panels to the same colour and they form a group. From then on, changing the symbol on any panel in the group updates every other panel in the group.

Limited to six groups by design, beyond that the chip palette gets muddy. Most desks use two or three (one for the active book, one for a comparison coin).

Per-panel chrome controls

Each panel header carries:

  • Symbol, change the ticker for symbol-bearing panels.
  • Color chip, assign to a group.
  • ?, structured tooltip explaining what the panel shows and how to read it.
  • Hide chrome (⊟), strip the toolbar for a clean chartist-mode view. The small restore chip top-right brings it back.
  • Maximize, fullscreen the panel within the workspace. Esc or click again to restore.
  • Popout, open the panel in its own browser window. The popout stays in sync with the workspace via BroadcastChannel, change the symbol in the popout, the workspace follows, and vice versa.
  • Close, remove from the workspace. Recoverable via Ctrl/⌘+Z (undo last panel action).

Keyboard shortcuts

Terminal
`open command bar
?keyboard shortcuts overlay
F1FLDS function index
Enterrun command
Escclose bar / exit maximize
↑ / ↓recall command history
Tabautocomplete
Panels
Ctrl+Shift+→focus next panel
Ctrl+Shift+←focus previous panel
Ctrl+Shift+Xclose focused panel
Ctrl+Shift+Mmaximize / restore focused
Ctrl+Shift+Ptoggle minimap
Shift+Clickmulti-select panels
Right-clickheader context menu

The ? key (no modifier) opens a shortcuts overlay inside the app at any time. Same data as above; in-app reference.

Undo

Last panel action can be undone with Ctrl/⌘ + Z. Closed a panel by accident, dragged something off-screen, swapped a symbol on the wrong panel, undo brings it back.

That closes out the Introduction. From here, jump into the subject docs: at-a-glance summaries, perps tape, options, GEX & dealer flow.