# config.paneStartDirectory

**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#L101
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/workspace/reference/config-panestartdirectory/

```
function paneStartDirectory(
  pane: WorkspacePane,
  window: WorkspaceWindow,
  workspace: Workspace,
): string | undefined
```

A pane's start directory, falling back to its window's and then the session's.

## Parameters

- `pane` (`WorkspacePane`)
- `window` (`WorkspaceWindow`)
- `workspace` (`Workspace`)