orchestra Sidebar & navigation
Arrange the sidebar, switch projects with Arc Mode, and keep track of activity.
Drag to reorder
Drag a project by its title to reorder projects. Within a project, drag sessions, terminals, and the Scratchpad into any order. Issues & PRs always stays first. Press Esc to cancel a drag.
From the keyboard, use Move Up and Move Down in the context menu.
Arc Mode
Turn on Settings → Appearance → Arc Mode to show one project at a time. Project spaces appear at the bottom of the sidebar, beside Settings and a + button for new projects.
Click a space to switch projects, or scroll horizontally over the sidebar. When the spaces have focus, the arrow keys move between them. Right-click a space for its project menu.
Move between items
Press ⇧⌘[ and ⇧⌘] for the previous and next item in the sidebar, crossing into the neighboring project.
Press ⌘K and choose Go to… to jump to any project, Issues & PRs, scratchpad, or session. See the command bar for every command.
Status bar
The status bar at the bottom of the window shows:
- The project and its GitHub repository.
- For a session, its activity and either its worktree branch or Project folder.
- How many sessions are working, waiting, or running across all projects.
- A Changes button for the selected session’s Changes pane.
- An Update button when a new version is available, and Restart to Update once it is ready.
- An Inbox button when messages need attention.
- The current theme. Click it to switch between Light and Dark.