# tmux.NewWindowRequest.StartDirectory

- **Module:** tmux.NewWindowRequest
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** attribute
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/tmux/window_lifecycle.go#L32
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-newwindowrequest-startdirectory/

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