Tmux Cheatsheet

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Antoniy Chonkov edited this page Dec 28, 2019 · 1 revision

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General

By default Tmux prefix key is set to Ctrl-b but we've remapped it to Ctrl-a.

tmux new: start new tmux session
tmux new -s <name>: start new tmux sessions with specified name
<prefix>-:: enter command mode
<prefix>-?: show available commands and key bindings
Ctrl-a-a: send Ctrl-a prefix to current shell (hold down Ctrl and press a twice)
<prefix>-l: sends Ctrl-l to the shell for 'clear screen' function to work

Windows

Navigation

<prefix>-c: create new window
<prefix>-C: create new window with specified name
Alt-[h,l]: switch to previous/next window
Alt-[Left,Right]: switch to previous/next window
<prefix>-[1-9]: switch to specified window number

Misc

<prefix>-,: rename window
Alt-Shift-Left: move window to the left
Alt-Shift-Right: move window to the right

Panes

Splits

<prefix>-s: create new horizontal split pane
<prefix>-v: create new vertical split pane
<prefix>-S: create new horizontal split for whole window - if you have for example 2 vertical splits, this will make horizontal split beneath both, not just the current one.
<prefix>-V: create new vertical split for whole window - if you have 2 or more horizontal splits, this will make vertical split to the right of all of them, not just the current one.
<prefix>--: create horizontal split pane
<prefix>-|: create vertical split pane
<prefix>-_: create new horizontal split for whole window - if you have for example 2 vertical splits, this will make horizontal split beneath both, not just the current one.
<prefix>-\: create new vertical split for whole window - if you have 2 or more horizontal splits, this will make vertical split to the right of all of them, not just the current one.

Navigation

Ctrl-[h,j,k,l]: move to pane on the left/down/up/right
<prefix>-[Left,Down,Up,Right]: move to pane on the left/down/up/right
<prefix>-Shift-[h,j,k,l]: resize pane - press leade (Ctrl-a) without releasing Ctrl press (multiple times if needed) h, j, k or l to resize the pane in whatever direction needed.

Misc

<prefix>-x: kill pane
Alt-z: toggle pane zoom - triggered once a pane becomes fullscreen and a Z flag is shown in the window indicator in status bar, triggered second time - the layout is restored as before.
<prefix>space: change pane layout
<prefix>-a: synchronize all panes in the current window - all typed input will go to all panes

Management

<prefix>-N: create new session with specified name
<prefix>-w: show list of sessions and windows with preview and user can navigate to one with j,k and select with enter
<prefix>-W: show lif of just session with preview and the user can navigate (j,l) to one and switch to it with enter
<prefix>-d: detach from the current session
<prefix>-D: show a list of attached terminal and choose one via j,k to be detached and select with enter
<prefix>-r: reload tmux config