tmux Default Key Bindings
tmux may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a prefix key, ‘C-b’ (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
The default command key bindings are:
C-b |
Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application. |
C-o |
Rotate the panes in the current window forwards. |
C-z |
Suspend the tmux client. |
! |
Break the current pane out of the window. |
" |
Split the current pane into two, top and bottom. |
# |
List all paste buffers. |
$ |
Rename the current session. |
% |
Split the current pane into two, left and right. |
& |
Kill the current window. |
' |
Prompt for a window index to select. |
( |
Switch the attached client to the previous session. |
) |
Switch the attached client to the next session. |
, |
Rename the current window. |
- |
Delete the most recently copied buffer of text. |
. |
Prompt for an index to move the current window. |
0 to 9 |
Select windows 0 to 9. |
: |
Enter the tmux command prompt. |
; |
Move to the previously active pane. |
= |
Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list. |
? |
List all key bindings. |
D |
Choose a client to detach. |
L |
Switch the attached client back to the last session. |
[ |
Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history. |
] |
Paste the most recently copied buffer of text. |
c |
Create a new window. |
d |
Detach the current client. |
f |
Prompt to search for text in open windows. |
i |
Display some information about the current window. |
l |
Move to the previously selected window. |
m |
Mark the current pane (see select-pane -m). |
M |
Clear the marked pane. |
n |
Change to the next window. |
o |
Select the next pane in the current window. |
p |
Change to the previous window. |
q |
Briefly display pane indexes. |
r |
Force redraw of the attached client. |
s |
Select a new session for the attached client interactively. |
t |
Show the time. |
w |
Choose the current window interactively. |
x |
Kill the current pane. |
z |
Toggle zoom state of the current pane. |
{ |
Swap the current pane with the previous pane. |
} |
Swap the current pane with the next pane. |
~ |
Show previous messages from tmux, if any. |
Page Up |
Enter copy mode and scroll one page up. |
Up, Down |
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Left, Right |
Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current pane. |
M-1 to M-5 |
Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal, even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled. |
Space |
Arrange the current window in the next preset layout. |
M-n |
Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker. |
M-o |
Rotate the panes in the current window backwards. |
M-p |
Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker. |
C-Up, C-Down, C-Left, C-Right |
Resize the current pane in steps of one cell. |
M-Up, M-Down, M-Left, M-Right |
Resize the current pane in steps of five cells. |
Key bindings may be changed with the bind-key and unbind-key commands.