1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index 739d5bf2..52d11bec 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -4852,11 +4852,13 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         errdefer p.gpa.free(content);
         // A terminal that has not said where it is yet (the boot layout's)
         // has no directory: the scratch is the session's, <cwd>/+New. So is
-        // 9P's pane/new: no pane asked for it, whichever last had the
-        // keyboard (acme's new window has acme's directory).
-        const dir = if (kind == .fs) "" else paneDir(src);
+        // 9P's pane/new, and a New from a column's or the workspace's tag:
+        // no pane asked for it, whichever last had the keyboard (acme's new
+        // window has acme's directory).
+        const own = kind != .fs and !p.exec_header;
+        const dir = if (own) paneDir(src) else "";
         const np = try panes.Output.open(p, free, if (dir.len == 0) p.sessionDir() else dir, .{ .cmd = .New }, "", content);
-        if (kind != .fs) np.cwd = .{ .inherited = src };
+        if (own) np.cwd = .{ .inherited = src };
         np.body.cur_pinned = true;
         return np;
     }