TUI Enhancements

Pando’s Terminal UI has received significant enhancements for productivity and visual appeal.

Workspace Tabs

Switch between three workspace modes with Alt+1/2/3 or click the tabs:

A right-hand information panel showing:

Toggle with Ctrl+Shift+B. Auto-shows when terminal width ≥ 120 columns.

[tui]
chatSidebar = 'auto'           # 'auto' or 'off'
chatSidebarMinWidth = 120      # minimum terminal width

Switch themes instantly with Ctrl+T:

Available themes: pando, light, dracula, gruvbox, opencode, onedark, tron, flexoki, tokyonight, catppuccin, monokai

Each theme has a -nobg variant for transparent backgrounds.

[tui]
theme = 'pando'

Type @ in chat input to open a file completion dialog with fuzzy search. Replaces the old / character (now reserved for slash commands).

The model selection dialog now shows enriched metadata for each model:

Context window: Token limit displayed compactly (e.g., 200K, 1M)
Pricing: Per-million-token input/output costs when available from the provider or models.dev catalog
Capabilities: Reasoning and image support indicators
Knowledge cutoff: Training data cutoff date

This information appears as a footer line for the highlighted model entry, helping you choose the right model for your task.

Press Shift+Tab to toggle auto-approve mode. When active, all tool permissions are automatically approved.

[permissions]
autoApproveTools = false

The status bar shows live context-window token usage with a ~ prefix while the agent is running. Displays warning at 80%+ usage.

Press Ctrl+Shift+H to show/hide dotfiles in the file tree.

[tui]
showHiddenFiles = false

Toggle between Nerd Font glyphs and plain ASCII:

[tui]
nerdFonts = true

Or via environment variable:

PANDO_NERD_FONTS=0

Full mouse support across all components:

Press Up/Down arrow keys to navigate through previously sent messages.

Press Ctrl+h in any view to see available keyboard shortcuts for that panel.