Your Hand has its own workspace. The Console gives you several ways to use it, depending on whether you need a visual application, a command line or a code editor.
Computer: use the visual desktop
Choose Computer when you want to see and control graphical applications, windows and the desktop of your Hand. This is the closest option to working on another computer through your browser.
Environments: work directly on projects
Choose Environments when you want to work with commands, repositories or project files. Its tab row contains four sections:
- Terminal opens an interactive command line in the Hand’s workspace.
- Background tasks is currently an informational placeholder. It does not yet show or control running commands.
- Servers is currently an informational placeholder. SSH connections are not available from this section yet.
- Code editor opens the browser-based editor for files in the Hand’s workspace when the editor is available on that Hand.
Seeing a section name does not by itself mean its service is available on every Hand. The selected Hand must be ready and support the relevant workspace tool.
Move between Environment sections
- Open the Hands Console and select the Hand you want to use.
- Choose Environments in the main navigation.
- Select Terminal, Background tasks, Servers or Code editor in the tab row.
- With keyboard focus in the tab row, use Left Arrow or Right Arrow to move one section, or Home and End to jump to the first or last section.
- Check the page that opens. Terminal and Code editor open their work surfaces when supported. Background tasks and Servers show their current availability notice instead of an active control.
The Console remembers the last Environment section selected in that browser. If you return and see a different section than expected, select the tab you need.
Which view should you choose?
| What you want to do | View |
|---|---|
| See and control a graphical app or desktop | Computer |
| Run commands or keep a shell session open | Environments → Terminal |
| Inspect Git changes beside a terminal | Environments → Terminal |
| Browse or edit project files in an IDE | Environments → Code editor |
| Preview, upload or download individual workspace files | Files |
If a workspace tool cannot open, first confirm that the correct Hand is selected and ready. A placeholder notice is not a connection error: that section is not an active workflow yet.
Step-by-step guides
- Open and manage terminal sessions — shells, launchers, Git, fullscreen and small-screen controls.
- Open and edit project files in the IDE — work with project files in the code editor.
- Use your Hand desktop — start, control, reconnect and end desktop sharing.
- Manage Files in the workspace — browse, upload, preview and download files.