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Alvin Lucillo

Jumping to specific pane in tmux

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If you have multiple panes, for example 4 quadrants, you will need to jump to specific pane. To do that, know the pane number assignment first by pressing ctrl+b then q. It will show assigned pane numbers like so:

┌─────────────┬─────────────┐
      0      2
├─────────────┼─────────────┤
      1      3
└─────────────┴─────────────┘

To jump to a specific pane, there are two ways:

  1. Enter the command mode with ctrl+b then :. Enter this command: select-pane -t [pane-number] (e.g., select-pane -t 2)
  2. Alternatively, you can do this but be very quick: ctrl+b then q then [pane-number]