# libtmux::Client::control_mode

- **Module:** libtmux::Client
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/393d4b0ad666f18a6581f1eb281741a75a7503f0/include/libtmux/entities.hpp#L1014
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-client-control_mode-1lis/

```
libtmux::Client::control_mode() -> bool
```

A control-mode client is a program driving tmux, not a terminal.