easy way to execute shell scripts in layouts

[theSafdarAwan]

I have switched to just one day ago. I have been tmux user for a long time and loved the setup.
One day ago i switched to zellij and just fell in love with it. It has all the features that i wished to have in the tmux.

It has a very good system of layouts for scripting session's but one thing is bugging me a lot. Not being able to execute shell commands though the layout config.

I came to this solution by creating a script which does you command for that pane then starts the shell.

here is an example of me using zoxide

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# cd to dir
cd $(zoxide query nvim/lazy)
# start the shell
zsh 

I just point the command argument to this script when creating layout and it does the job.

Is there any other solution that you guys came across. I would love to see.

[theSafdarAwan]

this is my layout

layout {
	// global cwd
	cwd "/home/safdar/.config/nvim/"
	default_tab_template {
		pane {
			size 1
			borderless true
			plugin location="zellij:compact-bar";
		}
		children
	}
	tab name="plugin dir" {
		pane {
			split_direction "vertical" 
			pane command="/home/safdar/Dotfiles/scripts/bin/zellij-scripts/zi-lazy" {
				size "70%" 
				borderless true;
			}
		}
	}
	tab name="nvim config" {
		pane {
			split_direction "vertical" 
			pane {
				command "nvim" 
				size "70%" 
				borderless true;
			}
		}
	}
	tab name="dir" {
		pane {
			split_direction "horizontal" 
			stacked true
			pane {
				command "tree" 
				start_suspended true
			}
			pane {
				focus true
				command "ls"
				size "30%"
				start_suspended true
				args "-1"
			}
		}
	}
}