diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index c0a9858..2299eea 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -804,6 +804,13 @@ export default function App() {
     [tree],
   );
 
+  // Titlebar chip total — scoped to the open panes ("this workspace"), matching
+  // the usage panel's default view, so it isn't inflated by unrelated projects.
+  const workspaceUsageTotal = useMemo(() => {
+    const cwds = new Set(openPanes.map((p) => p.cwd).filter(Boolean));
+    return totalCost(usageSessions.filter((s) => cwds.has(s.cwd)));
+  }, [openPanes, usageSessions]);
+
   // Outside-click dismissal for the titlebar dropdowns. Mirrors the
   // per-pane shell-picker pattern in LeafPane.tsx.
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -2153,7 +2160,7 @@ export default function App() {
           title="claude token usage & estimated cost (Ctrl+Shift+U)"
           aria-label="Usage"
         >
-          💰{usageSessions.length > 0 ? ` ${formatUsd(totalCost(usageSessions))}` : ""}
+          💰{workspaceUsageTotal > 0 ? ` ~${formatUsd(workspaceUsageTotal)}` : ""}
         </button>
         <button
           className="palette-btn"
diff --git a/src/components/UsagePanel.css b/src/components/UsagePanel.css
index 6cd89bf..bad7f0b 100644
--- a/src/components/UsagePanel.css
+++ b/src/components/UsagePanel.css
@@ -32,11 +32,38 @@
   font-weight: 600;
   font-size: 13px;
 }
+.usage-scope {
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 1px solid #2a2a2a;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  color: #9aa0a6;
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  margin-right: auto;
+}
+.usage-scope:hover {
+  background: #2a2a2a;
+  color: #ddd;
+}
 .usage-total {
   font-size: 13px;
   font-weight: 600;
+  color: #e6e6e6;
+}
+.usage-total-usd {
   color: #6cc04a;
-  margin-right: auto;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.usage-link {
+  font: inherit;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: none;
+  color: #6ca0d8;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  padding: 0;
 }
 .usage-refresh,
 .usage-close {
diff --git a/src/components/UsagePanel.tsx b/src/components/UsagePanel.tsx
index 919ba53..07a81b2 100644
--- a/src/components/UsagePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UsagePanel.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import type { SessionUsage } from "../ipc";
 import {
   sessionCost,
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export default function UsagePanel({
   onClose,
   openPanes,
 }: UsagePanelProps) {
+  // Default to the open panes' sessions ("this workspace"); toggle to see
+  // every recent session on the distros.
+  const [showAll, setShowAll] = useState(false);
+
   // Refresh on open and on a light interval while open.
   useEffect(() => {
     onRefresh();
@@ -46,8 +50,11 @@ export default function UsagePanel({
     if (p.cwd && !paneByCwd.has(p.cwd)) paneByCwd.set(p.cwd, p.label);
   }
 
+  const matched = sessions.filter((s) => paneByCwd.has(s.cwd));
+  const shown = showAll ? sessions : matched;
+
   const nowMs = Date.now();
-  const total = totalCost(sessions);
+  const total = totalCost(shown);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -55,8 +62,26 @@ export default function UsagePanel({
       <div className="usage-panel" role="dialog" aria-label="Token usage">
         <header className="usage-header">
           <span className="usage-title">Usage</span>
-          <span className="usage-total" title="Estimated total across listed sessions">
-            {formatUsd(total)}
+          <button
+            className="usage-scope"
+            onClick={() => setShowAll((v) => !v)}
+            title={
+              showAll
+                ? "Showing every recent session on the open panes' distros"
+                : "Showing only sessions for currently-open panes"
+            }
+          >
+            {showAll ? `all recent (${sessions.length})` : `open panes (${matched.length})`}
+          </button>
+          <span
+            className="usage-total"
+            title="Total tokens across the listed sessions"
+          >
+            {formatTokens(shown.reduce((a, s) => a + sessionTokens(s), 0))} tok
+            <span className="usage-total-usd" title="API-pricing estimate — n/a on a Pro/Max subscription">
+              {" · ~"}
+              {formatUsd(total)}
+            </span>
           </span>
           <button
             className="usage-refresh"
@@ -73,15 +98,25 @@ export default function UsagePanel({
         </header>
 
         <div className="usage-body">
-          {sessions.length === 0 ? (
+          {shown.length === 0 ? (
             <p className="usage-empty">
               {loading
                 ? "Reading transcripts…"
-                : "No recent claude sessions found in the open panes' WSL distros."}
+                : sessions.length > 0 && !showAll
+                  ? "No open pane has a matching claude session yet."
+                  : "No recent claude sessions found in the open panes' WSL distros."}
+              {sessions.length > 0 && !showAll && (
+                <>
+                  {" "}
+                  <button className="usage-link" onClick={() => setShowAll(true)}>
+                    Show all recent ({sessions.length})
+                  </button>
+                </>
+              )}
             </p>
           ) : (
             <ul className="usage-list">
-              {sessions.map((s) => {
+              {shown.map((s) => {
                 const paneLabel = paneByCwd.get(s.cwd);
                 const open = paneLabel !== undefined;
                 return (
@@ -121,8 +156,8 @@ export default function UsagePanel({
         </div>
 
         <footer className="usage-foot">
-          ● = open pane &nbsp;·&nbsp; estimate (rates may drift) &nbsp;·&nbsp; recent
-          sessions only
+          ● = open pane &nbsp;·&nbsp; ~$ is an API-pricing estimate (n/a on Pro/Max;
+          can't reflect <code>/usage</code> quota) &nbsp;·&nbsp; recent sessions only
         </footer>
       </div>
     </>