# tmux.Ref

- **Module:** tmux
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** struct
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/tmux/plan.go#L37
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-ref/

Ref addresses an existing object or one an earlier [Plan] step will create. This permits forward construction without tmux I/O. The zero Ref addresses nothing and makes a targeted operation fail validation.

## Members

- `String` (method): String returns the target a Ref resolves to, or a placeholder naming the step that will produce it.