C++ API

method libtmux-cxx latest

Pane.set_title

Name this pane.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::Pane::set_title
Namespace: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux-cxx
Source: include/libtmux/entities.hpp
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Python Ruby LuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

[[C++ nodiscard attributeAsks the compiler to warn when a result is discarded. An explicit cast to void acknowledges that the result is intentionally ignored.Language documentation]] expected<void, CommandFailure> set_title(std::string_view title) const; method readonly [source] ¶

Description#

The title is what #{pane_title} reports and what a status line can show; it survives the process being replaced.

Parameters

The tmux commands behind set_title.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Set a pane's title

Equivalents of Set a pane's title in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Pane.set_title`
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:set_title`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`pane.Pane.setTitle`
Rust	`pane.Pane.set_title`
Go	`tmux.Pane.SetTitle`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Pane.retitle`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.SetTitleAsync`
Swift	`Server.setTitle(_:of:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.set_pane_title`
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::set_title` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

No equivalent is recorded in Ruby, PowerShell, Julia, Erlang, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.