How does Terminals Sized for Your Phone work in 1DevTool?

Step 1: Pair your phone — Settings → Remote, then open Remote Control on the phone and pick the terminal you want to read. Step 2: The phone takes the width — While it is actively viewing, the phone owns the session dimensions, so lines wrap for your screen instead of running off the right edge. Step 3: The desktop says so — The pane carries a Sized for phone badge with a shortcut into Reader Mode, which re-renders the transcript at any width. Step 4: Close it and the desk heals — When the last phone viewer detaches, the session returns to the dimensions the desktop pane had set.

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Terminals Sized for Your Phone

A phone actively viewing a terminal owns its width, so output wraps for your screen instead of forcing you to pan across a desktop-width grid. The desktop pane shows a Sized for phone badge while it is happening, and gets its own size back the moment you close the terminal on the phone.

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Why You Need This

How this feature boosts your daily productivity

Remote terminals used to be mirrored at the desktop's dimensions, which is unreadable on a phone: every line ran off the right edge, and the newest output sat under the composer with nothing to scroll. Handing size authority to the phone that is actually reading the session fixes both — and handing it back on detach means checking a run from the sofa does not reshape the grid you left on your desk.

How It Works

Get started in 4 simple steps

1

Pair your phone

Settings → Remote, then open Remote Control on the phone and pick the terminal you want to read.

2

The phone takes the width

While it is actively viewing, the phone owns the session dimensions, so lines wrap for your screen instead of running off the right edge.

3

The desktop says so

The pane carries a Sized for phone badge with a shortcut into Reader Mode, which re-renders the transcript at any width.

4

Close it and the desk heals

When the last phone viewer detaches, the session returns to the dimensions the desktop pane had set.

Without 1DevTool

The manual way vs. the 1DevTool way

The Hard Way

# Open a terminal on your phone

# It is mirrored at desktop width

# Pan sideways to read every line

# The newest output sits under the composer

# Nothing left to scroll to

The 1DevTool Way

The phone reading it owns the width.

Lines wrap; the input box is reachable.

The desktop pane says Sized for phone.

Close it and the desk gets its size back.

Key Capabilities

Everything included with Terminals Sized for Your Phone

Reflow a remote terminal to the phone that is actively viewing it

Reach the end of the session — newest output and the agent input box stay visible

Share a session between two phones at the size that works for both

See a Sized for phone badge on the desktop pane while a phone holds authority

Jump from that badge into Reader Mode, which re-renders the transcript at any width

Get the desktop pane’s own size back automatically when the phone closes the terminal

Keep the previous mirrored view for read-only viewers

Why It Matters

The productivity impact of having terminal & ai agents built into your workspace

Zero Context Switching

All your AI agents and terminals live in one window. No more alt-tabbing between 5 different terminal apps.

Visual Status Tracking

Color-coded tabs and the Kanban dashboard tell you which agents are done, running, or need attention — at a glance.

Persistent Sessions

Tmux-backed persistence means your terminal state survives crashes and restarts. Never lose scrollback history again.

Flexible Arrangements

One-click layouts adapt to your task: grid for monitoring, columns for comparing, fullscreen for deep focus.

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