Window tabs

Window tabs allow easier access and management of tmux window objects.

Creating and closing windows

If the adaptive uiMode setting (the default) is active, use the + button (adjacent to the rightmost tab) to add a new window. To close a window, right-click it and choose “Close window” (or use tmux’s “Kill current window” function).

Switching windows

Click a widnow tab in the tab bar to switch to it. The nextWindow and prevWindow key bindings cycle through all windows in the current session. When there are more window tabs than fit the display, an overflow tab (+N) appears — click it to see the full list.

Reordering and moving windows

Drag a tab left or right to reorder it. To move a window to another session, right-click its tab and choose a session from the “Move to session” submenu.

Renaming windows

By default each window is labeled with the foreground process name (pane_current_command), updating automatically when the process changes. Right-click a tab and select Rename window to assign a fixed label. Setting the name to empty reverts to automatic naming.

Window name truncation

Window names are shown at full length when space allows. When the combined names exceed the available screen width, a water-fill algorithm distributes space fairly — shorter names keep their full text while longer names are truncated with an ellipsis.