> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rakumux.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Terminal panel

> A temporary shell under the session you're looking at, without creating a session.

Press `T` in Rakumux mode, or open **Settings → Terminal panel**, to open a separate shell
underneath the main detail. It starts in the selected session's current directory, or the current
folder when no session is selected.

* **Focus.** Click a pane to focus it. **TERMINAL MODE** in the footer shows that your keys go to
  the shell. The session above stays visible while you type.
* **Leave and return.** The Rakumux key (`Ctrl-\`) returns to Rakumux mode; then `Esc` returns to the
  shell, or `T` hides it.
* **Hide.** The `×` button or `T` hides the panel without ending its program, and reopening reuses
  the same shell.
* **Resize.** Drag the divider. Short windows show the focused pane alone.
* **Close.** Typing `exit` or sending end-of-file closes the pane and releases its terminal.

The panel creates **no session** and no entry in the list. It belongs to the window that opened it:
closing or reloading that window ends its temporary shell, never any Rakumux sessions. A server
restart in place keeps it; after reconnecting it's read-only until you focus it again.


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