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Workspace Management

The AEM workspace is a tiling window manager. You divide the screen into panes — independent panels that each display a specific view — and arrange them side by side or stacked. Every pane can hold multiple tabs, so you can switch between related views without using additional screen space.

Your layout persists across sessions and syncs to your account, so it follows you between devices.

Pane types​

There are 14 pane types, organised into four groups:

Trading​

Display nameContent type
Watchlistinstrument-grid
Price Gridprice-grid
Order Ticketorder-ticket
Favouritesfavourites

Management​

Display nameContent type
Ordersorder-list
Fillsfill-list
Time & Salestime-sales
Creditcredit
Event Logevent-log

Market Maker​

Display nameContent type
Curvecurve-manager
Compliancecompliance

System​

Display nameContent type
Adminadmin
Settingstheme-editor
Supportsupport
Permission-gated panes

Some panes are only available to users with the appropriate permissions. If you do not see a pane type in the menu, your account does not have the required access.

  • Curve and Compliance require the Market.Trade permission.
  • Credit requires the Credit.View permission.
  • Admin requires at least one of: Entity.View, Users.View, Invitations.View, Market.Config.Manage, or (Market.Operate + Global).

Adding panes​

To add a new tab to an existing pane:

  1. Click the + button at the right end of the pane's tab bar.
  2. A menu appears showing the available pane types, grouped by category.
  3. Click the pane type you want to open.

The new tab opens immediately and becomes active.

Splitting panes​

You can split any pane into two, either side by side or stacked:

  1. Right-click anywhere inside the pane you want to split.
  2. The context menu shows two split options:
    • Split Right — places a new pane to the right of the current one.
    • Split Down — places a new pane below the current one.
  3. The new pane opens with a copy of the active tab's content type.
Resizing panes

Drag the divider bar between two panes to resize them. The ratio is saved automatically.

Maximum depth

The workspace supports up to six levels of nesting. If Split Right and Split Down are unavailable, you have reached the maximum.

Closing panes​

Right-click a pane and select Close Pane. The pane and all its tabs are removed. The workspace must always contain at least one pane — the close option is unavailable when only one pane remains.

Tab management​

Each pane can hold any number of tabs. The tab bar runs along the top of each pane.

Switching tabs​

Click a tab to make it active.

Adding tabs​

Click the + button at the right end of the tab bar, then choose a pane type from the menu.

Closing tabs​

Hover over a tab to reveal the × button, then click it. If the pane has only one tab, closing it also closes the pane.

Renaming tabs​

Double-click a tab label to enter edit mode. Type a new name and press Enter to confirm, or Escape to cancel.

Reordering tabs​

Drag a tab left or right along the tab bar to reorder it. A blue indicator line shows where the tab will land.

Moving tabs between panes​

Drag a tab from one pane's tab bar and drop it onto another pane's tab bar. The tab moves to the target pane and becomes active there.

Hiding and showing the tab bar​

A minimal view hides the tab bar to maximise content area:

  • Hide: Click the chevron up (⌃) button at the far right of the tab bar, or right-click the pane and choose Hide Tab Bar.
  • Show: When the tab bar is hidden, a thin strip at the top of the pane shows the active tab name. Click it to restore the tab bar.

The right-click context menu's Hide Tab Bar / Show Tab Bar item toggles the same setting.

Focused pane​

The focused pane is highlighted with a subtle accent ring. Click any pane to focus it. Keyboard shortcuts and certain actions always operate on the focused pane.

Saving and loading workspaces​

Workspaces are saved to your browser's local storage, so they persist across sessions on the same device.

Save a workspace​

  1. Click the grid icon (⊞) in the top navigation bar to open the Workspaces menu.
  2. Click Save current workspace.
  3. Type a name in the input field and press Enter or click Save.

The workspace is saved immediately, including your current layout, theme, and preferences.

Load a workspace​

  1. Open the Workspaces menu.
  2. Click the workspace name in the list. The layout, theme, and preferences restore instantly.

Update a saved workspace​

To overwrite a saved workspace with your current layout, open the Workspaces menu, hover over the workspace name, and click the refresh icon that appears on the right.

Delete a saved workspace​

Hover over the workspace name in the Workspaces menu and click the trash icon that appears on the right.

Reset to default layout​

Click Default at the top of the Workspaces menu. The workspace resets to the standard layout: a Watchlist on the left, with an Order Ticket and Orders pane on the right.

caution

Resetting to the default layout does not delete your saved workspaces. It only changes the current active layout.

Exporting and importing workspaces​

Export lets you share a workspace configuration with colleagues or back it up externally.

Export​

  1. Open the Workspaces menu.
  2. Click Export workspace.
  3. A JSON file downloads to your computer. The filename includes today's date (e.g. aem-workspace-2026-04-05.json).

The export includes the pane layout, your current theme, UI preferences, and Watchlist column layouts.

Import​

  1. Open the Workspaces menu.
  2. Click Import workspace.
  3. Select the .json file from your computer.

The workspace applies immediately. If the file is invalid, an error notification appears.

tip

You can import workspace files shared by other users. This is useful for standardising layouts across a trading desk.

Next steps​