# tmux_schema:value_type/0

- **Package:** libtmux_erlang
- **Language:** Erlang
- **Kind:** typealias
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-erlang/blob/d1b6308440cf9eb8f6647e7ae434bce60e849368/apps/libtmux_erlang/src/tmux_schema.erl#L24
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/erlang/latest/reference/t-tmux_schema-value_type-0/

```
-type value_type() ::
          session_id | window_id | pane_id | boolean |
          uint | integer | text | bytes.
```

Scalar categories used by normalization and operator validation; IDs remain binaries.