User Interface

To get the most out of Control Space, it's important you understand the two fundamentals of its design:

Layout:

Navigation:

Layout

The main interface area in Control Space is called the Workspace:

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It has three sections:

Search
Instant search and filtering of open and recent tabs
Current Tabs
Overview and organisation of open windows and tabs, with windows shown as columns, and tabs as items
Recent Tabs
Easy access to last-used and recently-closed tabs

The following sections will provide a bit more information.

In the text box at the top of the page, you can type to filter the visible tabs:

This input is automatically focused each time Control Space is shown, so you can just start typing to filter.

Your current windows and tabs are shown as a 1:1 matrix of columns and items.

Interaction with tabs in both the browser and the workspace update the other in real time:

Tabs in the workspace show:

Simplified text - site titles are optimised for readability rather than search engines
Notifications – if a tab has notifications, it will show a badge
Audio – if a tab is playing audio, it will animate

This is a list of the tabs you accessed, in the order you accessed them:

It saves a lot of time when revisiting tabs you were on a moment ago, rather than looking for them in the current tabs matrix.

Control Space supports both mouse and keyboard navigation, and is heavily optimised for keyboard users.

Check out some workflows to learn how to use Control Space like a pro!