# tmux.NewPaneRequest.StartDirectory

- **Module:** tmux.NewPaneRequest
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** attribute
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/tmux/pane_create.go#L27
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-newpanerequest-startdirectory/

StartDirectory expands ~ and ~/... for the current user. Named-user forms such as ~other are rejected; empty inherits tmux's default.