# config.initialPaneStartDirectory

**Workspace Manager concept example** A working example of the core library. It can change without notice.

- **Module:** config
- **Package:** @libtmux/workspace
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/46cccfef2a546de55ce8b308249b8c76339089a0/packages/workspace/src/config.ts#L119
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/workspace/reference/config-initialpanestartdirectory/

```
function initialPaneStartDirectory(
  workspace: Workspace,
): string | undefined
```

The directory tmux needs when it creates the session's first pane.

## Parameters

- `workspace` (`Workspace`)