Tmux Cheatsheet

Interactive quick reference for tmux shortcuts

Sessions

tmux new -s name

Create a new named session

tmux ls

List all sessions

tmux attach -t name

Attach to a session

tmux kill-session -t name

Kill a session

Prefix+d

Detach from current session

Prefix+s

List and switch sessions

Prefix+$

Rename current session

Prefix+(

Switch to previous session

Prefix+)

Switch to next session

Windows

Prefix+c

Create a new window

Prefix+,

Rename current window

Prefix+w

List all windows

Prefix+n

Go to next window

Prefix+p

Go to previous window

Prefix+0-9

Go to window by number

Prefix+&

Kill current window

Prefix+l

Toggle last active window

Panes

Prefix+%

Split pane vertically

Prefix+"

Split pane horizontally

Prefix+arrow

Move to pane in direction

Prefix+o

Cycle through panes

Prefix+x

Kill current pane

Prefix+z

Toggle pane zoom (fullscreen)

Prefix+{

Swap pane left

Prefix+}

Swap pane right

Prefix+q

Show pane numbers

Prefix+Space

Toggle between pane layouts

Prefix+!

Convert pane to window

Pane Resizing

Prefix+Ctrl+arrow

Resize pane in direction

Prefix+Alt+arrow

Resize pane (5 cells)

:resize-pane -D 10

Resize pane down by 10 cells

:resize-pane -U 10

Resize pane up by 10 cells

:resize-pane -L 10

Resize pane left by 10 cells

:resize-pane -R 10

Resize pane right by 10 cells

Copy Mode

Prefix+[

Enter copy mode

q

Quit copy mode

Space

Start selection (in copy mode)

Enter

Copy selection (in copy mode)

Prefix+]

Paste buffer

/ or ?

Search forward / backward

n / N

Next / previous search match

g / G

Go to top / bottom

Misc

Prefix+:

Enter command mode

Prefix+t

Show clock

Prefix+?

List all keybindings

Prefix+r

Reload tmux config (if bound)

tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

Reload config from shell

:setw synchronize-panes

Toggle sync input across panes

Prefix is Ctrl+b by default