Slate Terminal 0.5.0

Slate Terminal 0.5.0

Keep working while agents arrange the workspace, with quieter activity indicators and adjustable pane dimming.

Workspaces

• Automation preserves your active pane, tab and window when creating splits, tabs or windows, moving background panes, or opening saved layouts.
• Background layout changes preserve keyboard focus in Settings and existing editors.
• Adjust unfocused-pane dimming in Settings → Appearance. The default is 8%; set it to 0 to turn dimming off.

Agent activity

• Agent names stay stable without changing pane-ID suffixes.
• Holds use a centered breathing diamond without a text label. Reduce Motion keeps the diamond still.
• Activity outlines follow rounded window corners, and success checkmarks use a neutral color.
• Agent guidance clarifies identity across fresh tool shells, focus preservation, and use of Slate's browser for previews and browsing.

Automation compatibility

Structural commands now preserve focus by default. Scripts that intentionally select newly created content should request focus: "new"; pane moves should request focus: "target". The CLI exposes these as --focus-policy where applicable. Explicit focus commands and native keyboard/menu actions retain their intentional selection behavior.

Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 27 or later. Updates require an explicit Install and Relaunch confirmation.