Gather panes

Press Ctrl-f M, select an existing destination tab, and press Enter. The current tab’s live terminal panes move there together, with their programs and scrollback intact. The invoking view follows its original pane.

There is no New Tab option. Esc, Ctrl-c, or choosing the current tab leaves the layout unchanged. Use move a pane for a new-tab destination or a single pane.

Before gathering

Close scrollback editors and expose hidden stacked panes in the source tab. If the source still contains hidden panes that cannot be moved, the operation stops with an explanation.

Floating panes arrive as tiled panes. Other viewers stay on their own tabs; viewers of a source tab that closes follow Zellij’s usual tab-close behavior.

If movement stops partway through, inspect both tabs before retrying. Already moved panes are not rolled back. Keep an error or stopping message open until it confirms the operation has stopped.

This feature needs the modern configuration and moves panes only within the current session.